clutched within

Rachel

· Solitude

clutched within

I used to pray to deprave

myself of solitude

but it keeps on wrapping me

like a warm blanket

smelling of comfort

I crawl in deeper

hoping that the warmth

would seep in

every part of me

falling, sleep

only to be waken

by a sweet oozing honey

it soothes me

I never want to leave

clutched within the Venus fly trap

waiting for my turn

to be digested

into a nutritious syrup

I flow from leaf to stem

until one day

I’m released into the soil

into the ecosytem again