patchwork child

poison

how many beating can a heart take?
count them as temperature drops
it hardens, colder and colder
beginning to age too soon

salty tears in festering wounds
hands clamped over ears
isolation, a comfort
only you can inflict the pain

a young heart in torment
the brain will learn to hate love
it's terrifying
no matter how you run, it follows

you know it, don't you?
love is poison
you've become allergic
so painfully lonely