you started off as a
beautiful
fragile thing.
you were ethereal,
a ghostly blue smoke that
lingered on my lips
after each nicotine kiss.
casual indulgence
faded to violent
lust
& i began to
believe the lie,
that i could quit any time
i wanted to.
i return to you each day
like the rising eastern sun
& devour you.
your toxic soul
clings to me with
newly sharpened claws.
still wrapped in your
vogue scent
the tumour of you
rolls down my throat
with the fatal warmth of
poisoned liqueur.
each breath is shorter,
more desperate to
escape the taste of you.
but we are bound
together until death.
me & cancerous you.
