Ivy

why do you cling to me
sending runners ever outward
reaching for the empty spaces
casting cover where nothing dwells
entwining the visions in my mind
like a memory encroaching

your structure-softening ascent
both enhances and destroys me
uninvited and unnurtured
your path perpetually undeterred
by the reality of the landscape
surrounding your reaching trails

like a haunting you envelop me
twisted among the scattered thoughts
which see me through each bitter day
turning light into shadow and
consuming each berm i place before you
my insidious companion forever clung to me