NEMESIS

It glares at me through flickering slits. Searching for my weakness.
A sharp pointed nose. Sniffing for a whiff of my bleeding heart.
A juicy smirk. Taking pleasure in my imperfections.
A pricked up ear. Longing for some damning news.
It twists its claws. Anticipation for an attack.

My stinging weary eyes are on the lookout.
I smell the stench of betrayal.
I bite the same-blistered spot on my lip.
My burning red ears, hear only whispers and throbbing.
My shoulders clench from the burden.

It pulls me into its web of charm.
It smiles and compliments my vanity.
It allows me to feel its false security.
I am alone with this beast.
I am easy prey..Oh it is too easy!

To believe and to want, is a dangerous kingdom to be in.
To hold hands with a scar, is a sign.
To be lured and to feel safe, is fatal.
It is your wolf in sheep clothing.
It is your friend from the poison pool.

The similarities feel like daggers to my mind.
I know and understand you.
You are predictable in your scheming.
You hate me and I detest you.
We are in this cycle because we are, each, a half.

I pray for the calm of this black cloud.
Yet, it will only be the eye of the storm.
What karmic debt are we tied to?
I try to shake you but you hack your way back.
My pus-filled wounds have had enough.

You have been abandoned but not by me.
I have to rip you off from my flesh.
Your insecurity and envy, is not my own.
I must banish you from my thoughts.
You ARE my everlasting nemesis.
No longer!

By Samantha Webster