At night
She took out
Her eyes
Took out 
Her ears
Took out 
Her teeth
Regressed
Into that 
Alien 
Embryonic state 
And prepared to fill
Her tired tortured mind
With another state
Of dream and horror
And inner daemons
And miserable excuses
That justified
Her miserable life
She gasped and moaned
And sweated and turned
Turmoil within
And turmoil without
Until she shook herself
Awake
And with that swift movement
Fell deeper 
Into herself 
leaving no ladder 
Or rope 
To escape or end
The tide of
All
Her woe