i let her in my nest
I enclosed her in my wings,
how safe, warm and comfortable,
i made her feel,
yet I was incubating pain,
inside my heart i kept her,
yet she sharpened blades against me,
my name she tarnished,
lies she fed to people,
masked like an angel, I could see the prejudice, hypocrisy, and malice behind it.
denial she breathed to my face,
I knew her monster within,
she isn't a wolf in sheep's clothing,
she is the enemy within
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