Viper

I chose to love you as you were awesome
but then your love, pure venom
loving you certified me insane
caused me migraine

you feigned innocence
in me, for you, deep reverence
my poem reminiscence
of the sequence of pain and violence
your love I renounce

you promised impossibility
but had no capability
realistic of this I  shared your enthusiasm
at dawn, eroticism
at dusk, pessimism


with time you installed the poison
this, I repeat, retrospection
lost nothing your desire-a satisfaction
the venom leaves me septic
my life hectic
secretly you quieted
your plans well suited
to make me welcome
my tomb
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Merritt Avatar
December 2, 2016 at 2:16 PM
Who among hasn't began a romance with great expectations only to discover we either deceived ourselves or were deceived by the object of our desire.
Muchuma  Avatar
December 2, 2016 at 7:23 PM
true at times love is stale I had to learn it the hard way
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