I bite at the hand that feeds me,

so that maybe it’ll let me starve.

Not out of pride,

but because I have never learned

how to swallow kindness whole.

Each offering tastes like pity,

Each gesture a monster in disguise.

I push away the warmth

before it melts the walls

of ice I hide behind.

They say love is for everyone

but I see a feast where I am never welcome.

My plate missing from the table,

T...

You never asked,

But yes I did get hurt

when you left me with an

arrow in my heart.

An arrow of poison

Cupid’s sick trick.

He showed me illusions,

The idea of romance.

He gave me the thought

that I could truly fall in love.

So now I sit here

and wither away,

Until my angel and I

give into decay....

You loved me so fiercely,

I burned.

Like a moth to a flame

Drawn in by the light and warmth

I so desperately craved

Now you’ll only be left

With ashes.

A grey dust,

Blown away with the softest whispers,

Marking your hands with the memory of me....

The shadows follow.

The storm growls.

The trees wither.

The crows mourn.

But still the dawn rises,

Slowly, stubbornly,

But it rises,

And light will shine

The night doesn’t last

For eternity.

While you wait for the sun,

Speak to the stars....