Chapter Eighty-Nine: Maneater

Poison For Poison,
Sip For Sip,
Toxin For Toxin,
Welcoming Me To This Trip.

Hit A Glass Wall,
Or Was It A Force Field?
My Future Through Your Eyes--
Another Fall.
So Shall I Kneel?

You're Dangerous,
You're Disguised,
What Is Your Purpose?
Have I Not Been Tested Enough?
Yet I'm Immobilized--

--By That Gaze,
Your Voice,
Do I Need Permission To Enter?
Allow Me To Rephrase.
Think You Gave Me A Choice?

Poison For Reason,
Would You Take Another Sip?
Option For Option,
Shall I Welcome You To My Ship?

I Feel Your Pushback,
It's Strong,
Then Why Do I Keep Pushing,
Is That So Wrong?

So Wrong Of Me To Do,
When All I'm Doing Is Protecting The Host,
Yet You Fire Up Those Eyes,
Now I Need Another Dose.

You're Dangerous,
Yet Seem So Flavorless,
Why Do I Keep Reaching For You,
If It Would End Up Inedible?

Should I Let You In?
Do I Want You Here?
Beg Permission,
Yet I Smell Your Fear.

Who Are You Protecting,
Them Or Me?
Perhaps Is Yourself,
From Truly Setting Me Free.

I See Through Those Eyes Of Yours,
You Could Be One To Bring Down A God,
But I've Learned My Lesson Through The Wars,
It's Why I Will Bide My Time And Nod.

I've Been Burned Enough,
Bled Enough,
Cut Right Through,
A Diamond In The Rough.

No, No, No,
A Patient God I Am,
And Those Who've Met Me Know,
I Have Nothing But Time,
That's The Truth In Its Prime.

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