Unconditional

Only now do I know
That love, before
Was not.

Only know do I now
'I love you' before
Was a lie

Because you were not in my life.

Only now do I know
That love refuses to die

In the face of denial
Cowardice, fear
And imagined reprisal
It will stay there inside you
Always the wiser

Only now do I know
That love is the meaning of life.

Apprentice

Blank face

Dead eyes
Ask no questions
Tell more lies

Affected sincerity

All of the time
Perfectly ugly
Selectively blithe

Candy floss words

Endlessly sound
Gushing profusely
Out of your mouth

An oil well burning

Spewing around
Toxic marshmallow
All over the ground

Seeping about

In caramel slicks

Clogging my wings

Making me sick.