Introspective

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IT'S YOU

Love from a notion,

On a whim.

Take a chance 

On a repeat offender,

One who has attacked

You before.

Unnecessary danger

Never seemed to compliment commitment

Better.

I met the venom

Of serpentine seductress

Licking 

With fang

To strike

Out of presupposed fear

Based on years of living like the deaf

Hand signing.

Change will not grace this doorstep

The learning has been misplaced

And they have chosen 

Static love.

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