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i can savor the taste of fear
riding the wind
as turbulently
as your troubled mind
seeks desperately to understand
the mortality of this moment
the life and death mechanics of reality
the realization
that we are to die
as evident
the staccato pant
of your futile labor
frivolous at best
arouses a sense of phallic justice
hard truths brought to bear
WITNESS
your infidelities
your betrayals
lies aborning of arsenic
sputters froth from your womb
searing traces of bitterness
cascades a corrupted truth
transformed into the ugliness
that has become us
two hearts that once beat as one
cast fervently
into a cold war
unrelenting hatred reciprocated
ricochet
unmitigated threats
words that cannot be reprieved
how did we get here
do you even care
to ponder the thought
how i once loved thee
a dream shattered
by the realization of now
but the now
i can live with
the thought of losing you
i cannot
KILL
this relationship
endure i must
for just a taste of you
is the sake of me
my sustenance
i close my eyes
in perusal
of happier times
when life was bearable...
and your sugar sweet
ABRUPTLY i'm jolted out of my reverie
by the hilt of your scorn
protruding from my chest
animately i touch
as if to confirm
it's legitimacy
a reason for it's being
overwhelmed
by solemn peace
i collapse
in passive supplication
and as she turns
and walks away
contemptuous
of the final utterance
to flee my lips
"i forgive you"
i ponder
if she even loved me at all.
