Toxic Valentine

I see your hands, they reach for mine, A touch so warm, yet laced with time. You whisper love like it’s something new, But I’ve heard those words, I’ve worn those shoes. Your eyes, they shine, but do they lie? A thousand promises, a million tries. You paint the past in softer hues, But I remember—don’t you, too? I fear the fall, the same old game, A different script, but still your name. You swear you’ve changed, you beg me, “Stay,” Yet love with you feels half past fate. A heart once burned still fears the fire, Yet here I stand with lost desire. Do I believe, or let you go? A toxic love—yet all I know. -B...?