Elixir Poem by Sheena Datta

unwilling at times and helpless at other
I still gulp you down resignedly
the bond we share is such
I end up not just living you but being you

those who reject and shun you repeatedly
by branding you akin to poison
I knit them in an unbreakable bond
morphing them into elixir

you lose you demeanor
like the shallow waves of the sea
that is when I withdraw into my shell
and drown myself on the shore you breathe your last