Poisonous Love

17/07/24

Your poisonous love still haunts me 

Six feet deep inside my memories 

Those feelings long ago gone 

Still I feel the repercussions of what they’ve become 

Yes I know you were only a kid

Drawn to the heat of the flame 

Playing with fire, and ideas of power 

Far beyond your age 

Though I’ve forgiven you the crime 

We’ve long since done our time 

I still feel its ache echoing in my life

You’ve really done a number on me 

I really don’t miss you, how could I ?

I honestly wish you the best from time 

I really did love you, with every tear I cried 

I’m sure you’ve grown away from those lies 

But did you know I was only a kid? 

Drawn to the heat of your flame 

Falling for promises you had made 

all those glances you had shared 

The version of you, 

you reserved for only me 

Made me feel special, 

in ways I might not have been 

the burns engraved on me after the embers cleared 

I still don’t know how to completely heal 

You played with fire and I got burnt

It was long ago now 

I really have moved on 

I wouldn’t go back if I could

Still I’d buried it deep, 

where even I couldn’t see 

The affect it still has on me

So one last time I dive down deep

Bring it all straight out of me

Back to the surface where I can see 

And finally let it go and leave me be