My Nemesi

my thoughts on toxic relationships.

You and I are nemesi—
hating one-another.
We tear apart the fragile things
we love about each other.

No truce within our bitter hearts,
no gauze for wounds to bind.
We stitch the thing that we would break
in frayed and rotten twine.

You steal my light to hide your own,
you twist my hope to dust.
I force your tenderness to bleed—
and here I carve your trust.

This fight’s no war—it is the way
we play our loving game.
We shatter what we long to hold,
and burn within the flame.