Banded Krait

When did it change? 

Your tenderness and kind words 

Now filled with sarcasm and cruelty,

Lies and deceit.

Was it something I said?

Or the earrings I wore last Saturday - you know the ones you made a face at and called heavy….

You meant to call them tacky and ghetto but cloaked your distain.

Once vibrant eyes turned to stone and still water.

Left my homes in disarray after I slowly let you enter.

What was I expecting?

Your car was always filled with trash.

Up until that day you were special

My soft landing 

Reserved and shy.

All the while you we calculating 

Venom brewing 

Sizing me up and down. 

Slackening your jaw to swallow me whole.

Crush my wind pipe 

So I couldn’t tell you I forgive you

For not knowing how to show 

Care for women.

For if you can do this after months of showering me with tenderness,

I’m certainly not the first.