Don’t you dare

Fall in love with me.
I’ll love you so cold
that you’ll turn to stone.
Tourists will come and marvel
at you
“Honey,
how long do you think
it took to carve the
nostalgia
in his irises?”

Fall in love with me!
I’ll take you
everywhere
and anywhere on
your bucketlist.
You won't be able to return
without tasting your tears
or smelling my (p)erfume
around every corner.

Come closer…
I’m a ticking time bomb,
a rattrap.
I’ll snap any moment &
splatter (l)oss all over
your favorite hockey sweatshirt.
“You should’ve just called an (e)xterminator.”

Of course
you think I’m beautiful.
I’ll forget my own name
if you let me learn yours.
You’ll start to believe
vodka is sweeter than
vanilla cola
(a)nd
razors are kind.

Careful,
don’t lose your mind.
I’ll shower you
with apologies.
That will (s)plinter
and get shards
in your sunset (e)yes.

You will never
be able to change
my coffee (s)tained past.
You’ll try to
sew me back (t)ogether,
but I’ll be the one to
rip off the bandages
and pull (a)t the stitches.

Because…
I’ll fall in love with you-
and let (y)ou know-
but in the end I’ll leave.
People like me?
We always do.