My love for him rings like a doorbell
On an empty porch
As I will never call his name
In the midst of danger

Sweet screams of a jay
Feel more like home
Than the wretched lies
That infested my mind

I adopted his snake toothed
Grin and venom tainted heart
Even got a job to buy my temper
So it won’t be confused for his

Lightning bolt in my hand
He runs through the quivering forest
Roar of the storm in my throat
Thunder in my footsteps

Fierce winds fill my lungs
Humidity chains his ankles to the ground
Inhalation of rain sprays my face
Exhale and he can’t run away

His frantic hands pull at the chains
Mud builds up beneath his fingernails
As he digs into the flesh of the earth
The sky crashes its cymbals with a flash

Eyes of wide and summer blue skies
Are horror stricken when they meet mine
The toxins in our veins intertwine
Forest floor glows with my electricity

My skin tingles and the hair on my arms rise
Not from the static in the air but excitement
Because I told him time and time again
“Red cannot touch yellow or it will kill a fellow”

Now the fellow is grovelling at my feet
His eyes become a sickening color
Muddy hands reach for a thread of hope
A thread of forgiveness to save him

However the venom runs to the tips of his toes
He cries and he sobs like a frightened child
With a snake toothed grin I have to remind him
“Red cannot touch yellow, so long fellow”