We lost our chemistry
and we weren’t like arithmetic by far
where the sum of two negatives equal a positive
We became more like two smoking toxins
burning in my cigarette like ethanol and tar
You were bad but so damn good from the start
It felt great inhaling you
but I knew we were ill-starred
I tried to be the light in your dark
Now I hope I left you scars
I don’t even wonder anymore
how or where you are
I may be close
but my feelings for you are jarred closed
Opening them back up would be mephitic
I used the love the scent of your hoodie
Now, smelling it would make me sick
I am finding strength from your resistance
I no longer cry from your distance
Loving you was like loving Lucifer
there was no difference
There is love and then there is lust
There is disgust when I lose my trust
Someone told me before love can be blind
and one will quickly start the denying
when caught up in their lying
And don’t be forgiving when you walk away
Even if this time they are the ones crying
May I write this poem only to remind
when it comes to the risk of love
ask your ownself this question deep inside
Can this be love or is this lust?
The difference between them is a thin line
Poetry
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“Loving you was like loving Lucifer” this is all around an amazing line. The alliteration, metaphor, and imagery are all wonderfully woven in.