POEM: POISON

I tasted the ivy
The poison coat
It beckoned I wear it
And crossed my moat

Of body and blood
Like it owned
My vein and veil
Human abode

I battled and smothered
The permanence
Of this poison squatting
And making a fence

When it left me
My blessings dry
Brushed my skin
Which birthed gratitude
From within

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