a haiku*


veiled covert *****
hiding behind the dashes
cower in your shame

You so generously helped yourself
to the feast
at a table you were
not invited.
You've poisoned every meal
since.
You so selfishly stole
moments
that did not belong to you.
You've tarnished time
since.
You so greedily invaded
and gorged on the
most tender part of my heart.
You've left me vacant inside
since.
Quite the legacy you left
trailing behind
your forked tongue and tail.

Wispy tendrils of your words
wander and wind
lisping love that
swirls
and
fades away
but not before the
mystery
of the lacey pattern
of the
smoke signals
stain and sting
my bloodshot
eyes