A piece of me.
Grappling, grabbing, gropping.
A piece of me.
Dividing the spoils amongst you.
What is left of me?
For me?
What morsels, crumbs are left?
For me to gather to bring in?
A piece of me.
Little by little.
Day by day.
Siphoned away.
Each of your demands, requests.
Each of your emergencies.
Chip away at me.
Piece by piece.
A piece of me.
Oh!
That I may be whole again.
That I may be all, again.
Yes, all of me.
Not these pieces.
Yes, not these fragments that you greedily, hungrily gobble up.
That you violently, smuggle, steal, take forcefully away.