I Miss Who You Were / But I Don'T Miss You Poem by Lauren Beasley

I miss who you were
But I don't miss you
This thing you've become
Is not who I knew

A monster walking
Here where you once stood
The kind thing you were
Is gone now for good

Your words that could kill
Your silence that stings
As the fangs break skin
Among other things

The venom, it drips
From tongue down to hands
And burns to the core
Wherever it lands

The glint in your eyes,
The caramel hue
Flashes red with hate
When I look at you

You had a kind soul
But black it has turned
This monstrosity
Killed the trust you earned

Behind gentle hands
The claws they did hide
Till they tore my flesh
And crushed my inside

The thing that you were
Is now what I miss
But now what you are
Will snarl and hiss

I don't recognize
Who you have become
A demon to me
An angel to some

A dragon behind
A beautiful face
Fire-breathing beast
Destroying this place

I loved the before
what you used to be
But hate who you are
And how you treat me