Monster

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I was never able to love the beast inside of me

So I fell for the monster in you.

Who knew – that the death of me

Will be as sweet as honey and stick like glue.

And it will suffocate me like the town I outgrew.

But the current carries my bones to the sea

While I’m clenching the shell you drew.

Pull the curtain back once you count to three.

Pretend you never knew.

-JW