Dermatillomania
Nov 13, 2020
Sometimes love
can trigger disease.
It has been years
and I still pick at my skin
and my lips
in my sleep.
I tear at them
until they bleed;
Until
not even the tiniest trace of you
remains.
No evidence
that you
ever touched me.
© Gina Clingan 2017
From my book, Everything After, which can be purchased here.
