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Poison I Drink

Found you in a basement stairwell
Concrete walls and dying lights
Your hands tasted like cigarettes and lies
Said you'd make it worth the climb down
Now I'm trapped in your gravity
Waiting for you to pull me deeper
Just three months in
Already planning my escape
You only find me when you're fading
Use my warmth to stop the slide
You paint me pictures of forever
Then vanish like smoke in my mind
You're the poison I drink
Every night that I sink
Deeper into your lies
But I can't close my eyes
You're the venom I kiss
Dressed up like a gift
Did you think I'd stay blind
To the wreckage you leave behind?
Found your phone face-down again
Her name burning through the screen
You swear the words mean nothing
But your promises turn to steam
Now I'm scribbling rage on paper scraps
While you sleep off last night's lie
Rehearsing how I'd say goodbye
To the ghost of what we had
You crave me when you're empty
Burn me when you spin
You paint me pictures of forever
Then vanish like a myth
You're the poison I breathe
Dressed as something I need
Every night that I sink
Into the pit you call love
Like that would ever be enough
You're the venom I kiss
Did you think I'd stay blind
To the wreckage you leave behind?
I had a name before you erased it
I was fire, but you drowned the flame
Tonight I'm not your rewrite
I'm the ending you can't change
I'm walking right out your door
I won't drink your poison
I won't let myself sink
I can see through your disguise
Now I'm opening my eyes
I won't sip your sorrow
This time I choose my cure
Your poison's just red-dyed shame
And I won't drink it again
No more poison... no more lies..
Not another sleepless night..
Finally cold and clear-eyed..