I drank the nectar of your love
even though it choked me
even though it burned my throat
and scorched my stomach 
and killed the butterflies it bore
I drank and drank
mistaking the black for the white
confusing the pure with the stained
drank and drank
till it started to drink me
it swallowed my words
gulped down my cries
engulfed my tears

it is drinking
I am draining 
you are watching