Goodbye Glow

Laying on this cement floor
Cold seeping into my bones
And taking me over
Unable to move, my thoughts
Consume me

Water drips down the walls
I stand to lick it's salty goodness
The first in hours (months, to me)
Curling myself under a scratchy blanket
I look through the window
A strip of sunlight pours onto my face

I sleep and wake
And they blur together

Does the world know I'm here?

I pace and starve and heave
Scratching at the walls with bloody fingernails
Screaming for food and water and home
The sunlight fades and comes and fades and comes
I mark the days on the walls in crimson

The glow becomes my one and only
As I lay crumpled on the cold floor
Telling it everything I want everyone to know
Before I go
And as I sit up to scream at the pains in my stomach
I can't help but whisper

"If nobody comes for me
Tell everyone at home that---"