will you hurt me? (love's a dagger)

"Which one of you will hurt me?" - Member of Dating Game Staff | Woman of the Hour

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here's a dagger

--intricate, ornately designed,

a masterpiece i locked away.

if i give it to you,

how will you use it?

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(young prince,)

will you stab me in the back

with my gift and regret?

if so, you might as well stab me in the heart

so you can look in my eyes

as the light dies in them

and a different fire lights instead

--hatred, the kind where we'll both burn.

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(and you, fair knight,)

will you toss it away

and with it my heart?

now i dig through the landfill

where all abandoned treasures lie,

shredding myself to pieces,

all in the name of getting it back;

now it's dinged and damaged.

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(now you, the one they call villain and rebel,)

will you wield it

holding it close, even if it cuts you?

i will be there to patch every wound

as i hope you'll do the same for me.

and better yet, you polish and shine it,

allowing my gift to sparkle forever,

in all of its glory.

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Author's Note: This is the last poem of this small series. I hope you've enjoyed them all. The previous three are linked below:

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