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Knife-like
You make me cold as ice
And I can't stop that edge of yours
From cutting me down
That knife edge of yours
Cold as snow on my eyes
All we had was a little gold line to tie us
And you cut it.
And after this, this
War of attrition when you break me
And poison me
Demonize me
You waited until you had the blood you needed
Then you poured it on the ground
And you cut that little gold line
You cut it with an edge like ice on my throat
It burns and draws lines of fire on my heart that sear the page I write them on
So you say I saw it coming
And maybe I did
But that doesn't change that last stroke
That last ending shard that still stabs and freezes now
It used to be that loving you was like painting my world over so that it matched your eyes
But now it's like throwing a balloon
Into a room of needles
And being pierced by points as chilly as snowfall
That draw golden lines on my heart
While an edge lovely as the aurora in my sky that was you
Draws that last
Lonesome
Drop.

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This poem is interesting. It's really meant to be read out loud, but I've never had the opportunity.
I wrote this just after a rather distressing time in my life, relationship-wise.