for Nina, with love

Toxic...
Yet touching.
Sweet smelling
poison,
so delicately bitter..
You knocked
on my door,
I let you in.
You took all
that
you could take in,
gave it a spin..
I let it go,
long time ago.
Can't live in peace ?
Sorry, I missed
my cue to talk
and not to talk back,
I'm such a wreck,
I just want to be,
You wanted nothing,
Nothing of me.
Two of a kind ?..
Hard to be kind
while falling apart
and severing ties.
I'm not very nice.
But I know
what I know.
No teaching
No preaching
No war
No more.
A piece of me
for a souvenir ?..
Of course !
All yours,
A bit of my soul
To go with new shawl,
Taxidermy's intoxicating,
That's some creative
Decorating !
You're a survivor.
You hold your own,
I taught you nothing.
I. Stand. Alone.