Love is poison
Innocence refuse its taste
Lay a tender heart to waste

Love is pain
A  festering wound
Inviting the sleep of forever
Far too soon

Love is fear
Spurred by violence
Bruised submission
Soul shriveling
The voice a mere whisper

Love is a dark painting
Many colors strewn round
Till death embrace you in the ground

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