Codependence

It started within me

A cold weight within the core of who I think I am

And therefore have become more of who I'm not

Hidden beneath layers of pretense fostered by an offense

That germinated into a grotesque creature

With the name "codependence" etched

Deep within its deranged forehead

My self-sustained heart creates a painful need

rooted in the stronghold of fear

Holding me in a vice-like grip of a soul addiction state of mind

Causing me to be tied to another soul of an opposite kind