Venom & Velvet

Velvet skin, venom soul…

Love me soft, then swallow me whole.

(I let you in… now I can’t let go.)

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You were red wine, poured on a grave,

Dripped down my throat while I learned to behave.

Lace and leather, mixed like fire and frost,

Your kiss was a temple, but baby, I got lost.

You light candles just to watch ’em die,

Pull me in close with a tear in your eye.

Said love’s a war, but you were the knife,

Carved your name in the marrow of my life.

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You’re velvet and venom, pain dressed in silk,

Every lie sweet like strawberry milk.

You broke me slow, with a smile so wide,

Now I dance with your ghost every night in my mind.

You kill like a lover, you kiss like a sin,

Pull me down deep — and I still let you in.

Venom & velvet, blood in the lace,

You left, but your shade still lives in my face.

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You said I was too cold to hold,

But you lit the match then watched me fold.

Now I haunt our bed like a lullaby ghost,

Staring at the wall where your perfume still floats.

My phone stays dry but my heart don’t rest,

Your goodbye hit harder than a knife to the chest.

If love is a drug, then you’re uncut dope,

I OD’d slow on the threads of hope.

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You don’t love me, you just like control,

You don’t kiss lips, you just swallow souls.

I’d still crawl through the glass for a glimpse of your fire,

But every touch from you just feeds the pyre.

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You’re velvet and venom, silk with a snare,

Said forever once, then vanished in air.

You broke me slow, with hands so sweet,

Now I sleep in your shadow, can’t find my feet.

You kill like a lover, you lie like a queen,

Buried our dreams in a church of gasoline.

Venom & velvet — I still taste the burn,

But I’d die in your arms if you ever return.

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All dressed in black, but you called it love.

Maybe it was…

Maybe it still is.