Dare I disturb the image of your beauty? Though I fear such torment, I strike at memory Shattering beliefs and scattering them haphazardly Across a pool of my own lucidity. You are now only a product of past tragedy Never in the foreground to hurt me Always sinking deeper into the water we’ve wasted Nourishing black roses hardly blooming.
Nay, still you smile in amusement Knowing you have evaded deployment Shielding yourself with a layer of plasticity That returns to haunt the subtle elasticity Of minds superficially moulded into belief Now brandishing nothing against an enemy Elated in the minute lapse of reality They’ve made ripple in your vanity.
Dare I shelter a deadly renegade? With arms shaking, I open doors to your shadows Watching them slither back into their corners Forming warm cloaks of comfort In the crevices of a vessel unrecovered Safe in its weak kindness and susceptibility.
I close my eyes to the feeling Of your presence within my soul Roping in the acceptance I had always evaded Locking it into the vacant basement Of self-acceptance, as you sigh out resentment Removing it from the dying voices in my lungs Tasting copper dissipating on my tongue.
Dare I accept my demons? You are already a part of me.