With one smile, you could set my world in terrifying fire...

My [arrogant.selfish.cynical] dahling,

How easy it becomes to hate you…
Every glance, every step, every breath,
EVERYTHING.

My impotent, ineffectual lovelorn mind
Warps and works a thousand
[new and improved]
nuances into your words
(or lack thereof)
Like the threadbare quilt-come-shroud hiding the world from the dead and dying,
And hopeless human trash
[just like me and you baby.]

But I know, the day you finally up and leave me
[take 3 baby;]
[third time’s a charm.]
My swollen heart will shatter
& I’ll be left to sew it back together
[a thousand tiny quilt-piece shards.]

So for now, betray me with a kiss
[play Judas to my Messiah and crucify me for my beliefs]
and we’ll go on hurting and hating.

.♥.

[Because lover, we’re pros at this game, and practice breeds perfection.]