I Didn’t Want to Hate You

Distance wasn’t triggered until the very end

as I inhaled your darkness deep within.

I didn’t want to hate you as my world faded,

my heart curdling in shivering beat of pain,

pleading with hollow voice in absent light,

bitter cold hurt consuming in tide of grief.

You were a disease exhausting my soul,

flaming remnants of hell cascading.

I drank your potion of bleeding pores,

your handsome face reeking of decay

wearing mask of ominous deceit,

disguising your eyes of sordid pools.

Salvation gate slammed permanently shut

as I spit words of festering hatred

BEHIND YOUR BACK.