Love

Love
That mummified enigma
Bearing bones and thorns
To all who would taste of its blood

Love
That hideous façade
Which appeals to men
But at its tail dwells tears

Love
Is a biased inferno
Which leaves unsinged a few
And most burnt.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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