Candy Poem by echo burke

We sputtered out kisses as if they were candy,
the finest mists forming droplets on flirting eyelashes.

(The heart is only capable of enduring so many lies)

Promises sweet as lollipops break apart at first bite,
while my heart unraveled its stitches at first sight.
Another trip to the [love] doctor...

I listened to the sugar-coated lies you fed me,
I, a cormorant for all the candy kisses you offered;
after so long, it built up in my throat,
the sweetest bile that could ever be self-induced.

(I was too naive and unwilling to see the truth)

The sugary goodness decayed overnight,
a sour taste forming at the heart...
(foaming at the mouth)
and still you were all I could crave.

The mirror was unkind after that day,
the sparkling rainbow eyes matted over with dust.
I felt a burning inside, telling me I wanted {needed} more...
and the tiny flecks broke apart as I gave in.

(A shattered reality brought forth in strange sickness)

No longer taking in its needed supplements,
my body withered into something pallid and dry.
Empty were the thoughts and words, the kisses-
I knew I had freed myself of your candied, tempting lies.





But was that enough?

I could feel something breaking apart inside.
Peeling away at the heart that died...

(One layer upon the next, candy coating stripped away)

Now I'm a monochromatic wasteland for all the world to see...
Blind and imperfect, I no longer know me.
Maybe it's just as well

(I always preferred the trick of a rainbow to a real cloudy sky anyway...)