I Can Smell Your Soul Out. Stay Away! Poem by Pranesh Varan

Your lies don’t fool me anymore
your tears don’t wound me no more
You can even kill me
but you still won’t hurt me

I’m wrapped up safely
around my numbness
It’s more than an antiseptic to me
it’s more like heroin
fighting the urge within
to hold you in my arms
and alleviate your fake tears.

That’s never gonna happen
I’m way past your mendacity
Almost like newly born
and viciously addicted
to a drug more powerful
than your deceptive words

I’m addicted to being lonely
and I like it more than I like myself!