"i never meant to lead you on..."
molten chocolate words oozed from his lips
matching the tears from those chocolate eyes.

then why did your mouth call to me?
why did you carry my leash all these months?
i ate up those candied words,
and i soothed those guilty eyes.

now i am lost.
without being led, i have drifted
from everyone.
i want to belong,
but not be tied.

she cuts herself off
from the things that make her alive.
these things can destroy, too.
can cut the very life right out of her.
she won't take the risk.
won't bleed for them anymore.
their fanged smiles will fade, in time.
her spirit flows elsewhere;
strengthening.