Unkind Muse

Quill of pain
Ink of heartbreak
Your gift to me
given so generously

With impunity
you say
create beauty 
out of sadness

The hurt you inflict 
uncorks tears
that sizzle and burn
as they fall

Use them to 
dilute the ache
Let the words flow
you command

I close my eyes
shut my ears
But your voice
breaks all barriers

goading me on
wringing me out
I spill out my guts
until I’m spent

Your cruelty
is the drug I need
So don’t kill me
with kindness

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