Surgery – Emergency

A part of me
which wasn’t me
I tore it
away

it feasted on me
its fangs
within me
deep

on my face
over my flesh
it pretended
to be me

fooled everyone
with its
incredible magic
including me

till it tore
into my heart
threatening to steal
what was me

and then I knew
for the options were few
it needed
to be surgically removed

and that’s
what I did
a surgery
much delayed

cutting away
what wasn’t me
to reveal
what was truly me