i believe i know who i am
a girl who reaches
on her tipitoes
for
attention
whose fingertips
softly kiss the top
of your collar
i believe i know who i am
but then
i shapeshift
i become cruel
an opportunist
against
you twisting
your words
a window
clouded with soot
i yank your collar
we are now eye-level
i shapeshift
into
a snake
slither
on top of you
chain your neck
bite
sink my teeth into
skin drink your blood
spit
you out
i shape shift
into me again
but is it really me
if muck and veins
stain my teeth
if i dream of
fires licking
your smile
if i begin to yearn
for this feeling
of selfishness
i shapeshift
i wink
i shapeshift
i laugh
i shapeshift
i know
who
i am
