i love with a sickly sweet love.
an intoxicated love that runs through my veins.
it drips from my lips like honey
and shines through my eyes
like headlights on a foggy night.
it's overripe strawberries
and dying cherry blossom trees.
it's intense
and tragic;
it takes me over.
like the way a small wind
suddenly turns into a raging storm,
it overwhelms me
and consumes my heart;
my poor heart
that has forgotten how to do anything but
ache.
they're right when they say that
love is poison.
it drives us all mad.
but without it,
life is unrecognizable,
risk free,
worth nothing.
         so i sip it happily.

crl