Jealous Witch

I knew she hated me

when he told me

what she said

in response

to him happily

telling her about

the kind of relationship

we had

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"You're gonna miss her

when she leaves."

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I knew that meant

she was jealous

and that

it wouldn't be

long before

she tried to

manipulate him

into hating me

as much as she did

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I could feel her

jealousy like a fire

the first time that we met

when he went out with me

for an evening walk

to talk over some things

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Underneath her plastic smile

was an inferno of hatred

that burned like hell

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I took away the attention

from the man

that was feeding

her ego

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Instead

and I gave him

unconditional love

from my soul

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My read was right

Intuition never lies

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Like Hansel and Gretel

She fed him bread crumbs

to lead the lost boy

to her house

to devour his soul

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While her water boiled

waiting to boil him alive

She told him tales

of the evil outsider

that lives in the cabin

up the crumbless trail

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As her ego grumbled

starving to have

his attention

his soul energy

in her belly

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She told him

he's safe with her

and lucky he found

the breadcrumbs

leading to her house instead

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All the evil inside her

she projected onto me

and he believed her

like an innocent child

lost in the forest

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He took refuge

inside the house

at the end of the crumbs

and fell under her spell

of wicked fuckery

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Forgetting that at my house

I offer the whole meal

and my fires are soul satisfying

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Her evil plan worked

down to the T

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But he's not so innocent

because at the fork in the trail

he had a choice between

the warm cabin of my soul

and the fiery witch's den

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But breadcrumbs

seemed promising

and the clear path

to my lovely cabin

was only dressed

in soil and pine saplings

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He was quick to leave

the path to true love

because he knew

she would be there

to replace me

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and he was hungry

for a snack

to feed his own ego

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The ego stroke of finally

feeling the touch of the

woman that played him

before real love came

into his life

made him purr

like a stray cat

getting its ass scratched

after months without

a human touch

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I am more disappointed

than anything

that someone

with such a good soul

could be so foolish

to fall for

the sly witch's

magic tricks

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And waste a good meal

with someone real

who would have nourished him

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I've seen her

once again since then

She wouldn't take

her eyes off me

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Every move I made

every word I said

she jotted down

in her brain book

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That inferno scorched

inside her veins

The witch's cauldron

boiling with hate

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I even caught her eavesdropping

on a conversation

I was having with a friend

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It's funny how

even though she

got her way

jealousy still lives

in her veins

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Intuition tells me

that it's because

she knows

no matter how

hard she tries

she will never be me