GOD/THIEF

 don't kiss the writer

he'll kill you off in the eleventh chapter

just so he can have something to mourn

don't listen to the writer

everything you say will leave a stain

everything he says will have a new face by morning

and when the day comes, when you both spill it out onto the kitchen table

you won't recognize any of it - but it won't matter because he holds the pen

don't believe the writer

he is both a god and a thief

creator and scavenger

nothing and everything belongs to him

he will hurt you, if he wants to

he will hurt you more than those who came before

because he can carve a dagger just as well as he can paint a paradise

don't fall for the writer

but if you love him, immortalize him on paper

use only the finest words

crown him with a title that takes his breath away

number the pages so he can keep track

of how many paragraphs you gave him

when you leave him

water the plants one last time

swallow your speeches and your spite

close the door gently

let the ugly words run back down your throat

don't take anything, dont say anything

do not utter a single sound

when you leave- leave him with silence

nothing can haunt him more than the absence of the only thing he lives for.