To Kill Love Poem by Meny Alonso

A betrayal of the worst kind
To reach around and plunge that blade into your back
While I look you in the eyes

I have this need for you
And I have
This craving

You have put the words I Love You
Permanently on the tip of my tongue
Ready to be said to be felt

And I have used them and abused them
I have worn them out stretched them
Watered them down

I have dishonoured their meaning
Drained their substance
And left only a shell

And I crave something you do not give
Or something I have drawn out of you
My poison

To be the centre of somebody’s world
To be at somebody’s centre
To be that centre is what I crave

And being that
I will tear you apart
Only because I can