Mercurial

The magic is slowly fading
I can feel my feet slowly touching
the ground, aching
I am no longer swooning

Did you find it so amusing
to keep me this close
only to end up erupting
in an uninspired prose

To think you’d go
from injecting affection
to microdosing poison
to words of affirmation
like some kind of mercurial demon

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Waiting
Until your prey is elated
Biding
Until you got me sedated

I am no longer spellbound
I’m glad I broke free
I didn’t want to hang around
It’s hard resisting your gravity

My mind is in retrograde
It will take time to recover
Perhaps a game of old maid
I think this queen is unbothered

For Na/GloPoWriMo 2024 Day 29 [a poem inspired by a word from Taylor Swift songs]

Mercury | Photo from Britannica