sand planet

dreams are too sweet to be consumed
blood gushes out of their prickly little bodies
but the sugar rush is simply too addicting

they trail after me like lost puppies
i am unsure of the reason they stay
i have nothing to feed them apart from despair

their hunger caves and they gnaw at my soul
yet i do not push them away
once they have eaten their fill they turn their backs on me
and i am left as an empty shell decaying in the desert