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Honey and Venom

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It surrounds you like honey,
Dripping from the fangs of a snake
Waiting to consume you
For this snake is a world-eater,
Out to replace yours with its own.
But whether it is honey or venom
Forming at its fangs
When it bites,
The pain is burning.

Honey, sickly sweet and golden,
Might build you up
But only forms a sticky, viscous foundation
Unstable and shifting.

Venom, bitterly addicting and black,
Is naught but a sinkhole,
Dragging you down to an endless bottom
Lonely and grieving.

Honey and venom though?
Dreams counteracted with reality
Merely creates a hope not fantastic.
Not impossible, because it is no longer nothing
But something
Attainable.
Remake of 'Voices' =D
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intricately-ordinary's avatar
I love the beautiful mix of something coating and sweet, as well as something biting and toxic. Wonderful metaphor!