When he leaves you
because you are suffocating
him with your love.
Tell him you warned him
about your intensity.

when you ache to call him
in the sleepless dark hours
don't.

when the walls in your room
close in and you are breaking
into pieces keep the wine corked.

when wanting him makes
your heart lose its softness
daily growing harder until it shrinks
into a dagger just wait.

when he turns up in squalid dreams
seeking your red lips
to play with your needs
offer them to him.
when he embraces you
then use the dagger
that is your heart.