Poison Habit

You smile like a sliver of glass Your phone lights up,

I let it pass But I know your lies by ringtone

Still I wait by the speakerphone

You whisper “baby” like a spell It burns and soothes,

I wear it well You swear it’s nothing—I nod,

obey Like moth to flame,

I love decay You’re the tremble in my wrist The click before

the twist

I know you’re fiction on rewind But god,

your chaos calms my mind

You’re my poison habit,

darling I sip, I shake,

I smile I read your texts like scripture And bleed in perfect

style You kiss me like a promise Then vanish like a crime

But I crave your curse each morning Like coffee...

or a line I see the lashes on your back Invisible but

vivid black You leave your sins out like cologne I breathe them

in—I make them home (You never flinch when you lie) (But flinch

when I say “I’m fine”) You hold my face like a chandelier

And shatter me in time You’re my poison habit,

baby I ache and orbit tight Each lie’s a pulse I dance

to Each truth just kills

the light You haunt me in the shower steam You bloom inside

the fight And I need your name in venom To feel anything

tonight

(You’re bad for me...) (But so am I...) Poison habit...

Poison habit...