I adapted

Unscathed

You were fitted

For me to wear

My psychoses slid

You up my sleeve

Disregarding you

Would only be

Responsive in

Slipping

Away

You managed

To creep

Under this

Flesh

And bury

This knot of

Hypocritical

Criticism

I joined you

My defense from

Incriminating

Myself

You carry

My absence

Of this life

Support

I am my own

Outcome

And

Ha

You’re

Just like me

I need you

To love me

Even when I numb myself