vicious

by Linda M. Crate

scarred me with your words
until my heart shattered like glass,
and the blood ran down my spine -
you told me pretty little lies that
tasted so sweet I could not resist
the nectar; it killed my heart piece
by piece and infected my very soul,
I coughed up pieces of your brackish waves -
my body was disconnected from me,
and you reveled in my confusion;
my hurt fed your soul, you reveled in
a love unrequited and I realized
it only too late; I'll stab you hard
with the daggers of truth and love
which would rescind you into ash.