You tantalized me with
the tickles of your tendrils
I delighted in watching you
traverse my entire surface
It was a bit rude
and there was some pain
when you took the first bite,
my complexion blemished
Now, you are simply inside me
I blink as you consume my very insides
I feel faint and you turn me mushy
It hurts and I feel like I'm losing myself
a little bit at a time
At times, I wish you would stop
gnawing away at me
I accept, with my heterogeneity,
that my children would be bound
to have crabby dispositions
As I wonder if anything will be left of me,
a secret thrill quivers at my core:
I envision your searching mandibles
encircling the tip of my seed,
devouring me completely