Ravenous

Droplets adorn her thighs as she tosses and turns through a damp night.

Feeling the wave of desperation washing over her,
she bounds her body in dirty, gritty sheets.
Her teeth pierce holes in cheap pillows while she tries to muffle screams of anguish.
Knees collide like flint,
sending sparks into the dark,
searing the acres of the mattress.
An imagined rough hand cradles her,
another pulls at her hair,
trying to break the trance.
A dry and swollen tongue licks at asperous lips,
unable to swallow.