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Bitter Heart

Poison apple, bittersweet
the taste of my instability
blurring the faces that I see
the high that brings me to my knees

toying the risk temptation brings
ephemeral passion eliciting screams
elysian chaos or is the monster me?
frenzied energy crystallizing everything

I'm at the crux; are you friend or foe?
stance yourself lest I split then fold
you over the edge and out of my mind
in protecting myself, I may skin you alive

so I withdraw into my loneliness
build my walls to reinforce
no longer only a carcass
I taste the fruit once more