Cough Syrup.

You cut me open with contempt

always as quiet as a coffin;
a chemistry so callous that
we left ourselves orphaned.

And we just grinned,
and we ignored it;
stole serenity straight from
the sordid sleeve of our own
promised land of peace.
,
I would give freely;
unconditional love like a fountain,
and you would take it all, so easily,
hoarding my hospitality so you
could build your own mountain.

Take it all, bleed me dry,
i refuse to watch you fall,
Take it all, see me try—
yet, you still left me to die.

This distinction between
us star-crossed lovers,
should've made me want
to run & hide, but instead
i ran to you, to dry the
crocodile tears you cried.