Original Poison

getting over you
poison from this wound

slowly coming out
lungs without any air
i dont know why you cant see
its impossible for me not to care

getting over you
poison from this wound

you ask for five minutes
i gave you my soul
you told me to answer
i left you alone

cold in the dark
chilled to the bone
i knocked on your heart
but no one was home

getting over you poison
poison from this wound
i never asked for any help
only that i could save myself

you told me you loved me first
i was the fool to let you in
i came out of this only being 
ive accepted that ill never win

next time ill know not to play the cards
now my heart is just broken parts
tears stain the deck
cold grips my neck

in one day i learned how to love and how to hate
to halves were once whole-making us separate 
you made me this way
the product of your profession
never to return
this is my last confession

one day ill love again but that day is not near
one day ill find the one to forever hold me near
one day ill forget who you were
but one day ill remember
soon i will learn that
life with you was the coldest december 
that the world has ever seen 


sitting here
shaking
crawling back in

drawing poison from a wound

that has long been under my skin
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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June 3, 2011 at 4:25 AM
A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you Ashton. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. Read and comment on their's and they will return in kind. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love and blessing always, Carol
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