Love


Knowingly,
I brought myself to you.
Blindly, you accepted.
Not aware,
of themask I wore
Veiling the black, cancerous
Carnivore I am within.
Ready to devour you
from the inside out.

I'll strike first at your heart.
Weakening and softening it,
With thoughts of me
and acts of romance.
Then my incisors will sink deep!
And shred it to pieces
Like a starving mongrel
after a crawling baby.
I'll soak up your pain and tears,
Reveling at your pathetic existence.

With my crimsom maw dripping,
with your blood and "love."
I'll pounce upon your brain!
But slowly, so I can toy with your wounded self.

Driving you slowly mad.
Giving you glimpses of hope,
Visions of happy times before,
When you used to think;
of the endless possibilities.
Then I will snatch them away.
Again and again

Sending you plummeting back into hell,
Like a bird, shot through the wing.
Each fall hurting you more and more.
Every wince of pain,
Can help me grow.

I am Love, the one
you so errantly sought.
I can make the strong happy.
However, I enjoy devouring the meek.


---  by Chad Forte, Texas Tech University