Finley Dhar Poet Free verse

Blood vs The Knife

You slash into my space, 
armed with venom, 
to poison me, the one, 
you are supposed to love, 
and protect. 
But—
all you do, is inspire fear,
into me. 

I like to 
hide myself 
away, from all the rest. 
And you, 
you attack me for this, 
you yell, you scream, you cry.
Why, 
Why, 
Why, 
would I ever want to be with 
someone who loves me,
through everything, 
but words.

I like to be alone, far 
from you. 
I cannot love someone who,
chooses only to love me, 
when I make them happy; 
when I do what they think is right; 
when I am a mere lamb, following them. 
For to be anything else with you, 
is to deal with your pain, 
that you couldn’t stand, 
so you burn and burden mean. 
Maybe I carry the flame, or maybe 
im already—always?— was on fire
to begin with. 

Still, 
I cannot be with someone, 
who loves me only, 
when I make no wrong move. 
For that is to burn, 
at the expense of another;
blood is not thicker,
than what you cut it with.

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