Poison

Traces of poison

linger in my heart,

deathly near,

forcibly kept at bay.

I can still taste that bitter taste

of hope from being around you

and the painful, disgusting aftertaste of jealousy.

Your scent still lingers in my mind,

I smell it whenever I breathe,

and I feel I'm suffocating on it.

Your eyes are burnt into mine

because the second my eyes shut,

I see them.

Your voice, you laugh, your words

are embedded in my mind,

I can't get them out of my head.

The feeling of your soft hair,

the feeling of my heart breaking

has not been forgotten.

I've gotten rid of my foolish love

from my mind,

but my heart isn't ready to let go.

The poison still hangs dangerously

around my heart,

so disturbingly close

that it's seeping in.