you're as sweet as candy.
everybody warned me
to take you in small doses.
yet i scooped you up in my arms
because i just couldn't get enough of you. 
you were the most unforgettable sunset.
you held me and told me you love me.
you took me to all my favorite places,
knew how i wanted to be touched,
memorized the poems i loved so much,
learned the weaknesses and fears and flaws
that i tried so hard to conceal.
you absorbed all the parts of me you could grasp.
and you used them to make me feel
like i was your everything.
you made me feel like i was a diamond
in a sea of rusted nails,
by the way you made me laugh
and cry
and forced me to live.
and i mean truly live.
you led me through everything i had been
missing out on,
and held my hand the whole way through.
we ran on ice
and dove off cliffs, 
we were two metaphors
forced into each other to create
a whole new expression.
and i found that expression to be,
impossible love.
and i remember
when you kissed me in the rain.
how the water beat down onto us,
and i was cold so you grabbed me by the waist
and pulled me close.
i remember,
you tasted like sugar.
that was before i realized
that you were the storm.
moments passed and
you took all of the parts of me
that you had soaked up
and you used them to destroy me.
slowly,
menacingly,
you forced me into a corner.
you had a mischievous grin on your face,
like you had a plan but you knew i'd never know.
and you kissed me like you owned me.
i felt your sugary facade fell to bitterness.
with your lips pressed against mine,
one last time,
i realized that
everybody was right.
i should've only taken you
in small doses.
now i believe
that even the sweetest things
should be feared.