Lion and Lamb

When our paths first crossed

One look from you told me to stay away

Just an undercurrent; an aura you lost

I told myself that I loathed everything you were

Resentment that sent poison into my veins

Tainted blood, agonized by your drunken slur

I told myself that I hated your very esscence

Although I knew full well that it was an illusion-

A ploy to make my love for you lessen

For we could never be together, an angel with a demon

though you invaded my thoughts and haunted my dreams

That I hide fearfully in

The lamb could not fall for the lion; prey cannot love predator

I am the innocent type fallen for the edgy

Flaws are most prominent next to qualities- you can be better

You wear a mask; so real that I wouldn't know otherwise

Unless I hadn't wanted to love you

And it is thenI realize why I love you, after all these tries