Venomous

Those toxic fumes

surrounding your presence

my breath of life,

pressed against me

with his fierce touch,

so smoldering

and yet strangely gentle,

burning my skin slowly

right to its deep, soft core...

I stand in your arms

bleeding inside,

with every sharp word

that comes out of your mouth,

a mouth so sweet

when given a taste,

and yet so deadly under the lips

This wasn't good for me

This was addictive

and pained me deeply,

This thing, that you so bravely

and without doubt

tenderly called love

That love,

it wasn't giving

but the kind of a feeling

that just still kept on living

so toxic from within

left me unsatisfied

and shattered

because of your dark, venomous spite