Bitter Sweetness

you think sweetness flows
from your twisted lips
i should hang on your every word
we should worship you
and your beauty
i should kiss you and draw in
your sweetness
maybe i would be
just as sweet
maybe i would become
just as beautiful
or maybe people would fall at my feet
and beg for my presence
my beauty
but i would be sick if i were you
sick to think like you
to be you
sick but sweet
full of sweetness
bitter sweetness

written: 11/12/97