they will always want more

a poem about starving narcissists of your delicious light

don't ever worry about 
not being enough
for someone who decided
that nobody will ever 
be enough for them 

there are some people
who have an insatiable 
appetite for taking

they are living with a
starving tapeworm of ego

~ it's okay to quit feeding your light 
into the mouth of a black hole 

they will always want more 

my love, 

you can't water a rock
and expect it to grow

you can't ask a brick wall
to become an open door

you can't train a wolf
to work as a shepherd

you can't let the desert
come drink your ocean

~ it's okay to quit feeding your light 
into the mouth of a black hole 

they will always want more

protect yourself
from those who
are addicted to the
taste of your sweetness

  -by deciding that you
aren't here to be their
cookie jar

guard your soul from
someone who wants to
get cavities from it 

~ it's okay to quit feeding your light 
into the mouth of a black hole 

they will just want 
more more more 

you are a miracle 
   that the phrase "thank you"
was invented for

you are the sunflower field
    that refuses to grow
where it isn't appreciated

you are a breathtaking work of art 
   that shouldn’t be hung up in
the basement of a narcissist 

~ it's okay to quit feeding your light 
into the mouth of a black hole 

they will just want 
more more more 

my love,

the vampire
won't stop
showing up
to drink you up 

until you stop
inviting them in

boundaries can
be garlic 

standing up for yourself
is holy water 

you are worth it 

~ it's okay to quit feeding your light 
into the mouth of a black hole 

they will just want
more more more 

always more more more

and you have too much
left to do here on earth 
 to be a home to a
sponge  who absorbs

and never pours