Thank you.

because for a moment i found trust again.
             like a building warmed by the sun after a long night shivering
                      my eyes were closing, lulled by the silent warmth
                             those tiny kindnesses you drop like needles,
                                     they shine for a moment, so pretty until the blood is drawn from unsuspecting fingers
                                            and i say THANK YOU
because i need the time machine of your venom to  shake me awake, to remind me of actions, reactions, and to think quickly, to be a gunslinger, to not be a girl who shows mercy or compassion. To remind me that mercy and compassion will only get you so far - because a snake is always a snake

and snakes bite.