Sallie Howson - Love and Hate

Love,
Enlightening, inspiring,
Filling me with
Heart wrenching desire.
Love,
Paralyzed
By the first betrayal,
Choked to death
By the second.
Love,
Long dead,
Not even a sweet memory
Bitterness infiltrates it all.

Hate,
Doubts, suspicions, dreads
Poisoning my heart.
Hate
Chewing at my liver
Gnawing at my brain.

Watching
Your every move.
Opening
Your every letter,
Email,
Sms.
Waiting
For the snake
To strike again.
Looking for signs.
Bracing the body.
I’ll be ready.
This time I’ll be ready.
Don’t be taken in,
Don’t be distracted
By kind gestures.
I’ll be ready,
I’ll be ready,
I hate you,
I hate you,
I hate you.

Sallie Howson

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