POISON

What is it about your poison that I crave?
Even my hatred for you runs white hot through my veins
Like a liquid aphrodisiac.
Why must I taste that which will surely be my end?
You tempt me with your evil charm and lure me in
Like a starving man to a steak.
What lies behind your alluring smile that makes me so weak?
Even my desire to slap your face creates a stir
And an itch that I know better than to scratch.
I beg you to slither away to the hole you came out of,
Leave me behind and seek me no more
Just quietly go and shut the door tightly behind you.
I found an antidote to your poison
A new view of myself and of you
And now that my eyes are open and my mind is clearing
I see it all for what it is, what it was, and
What it can never be.