I flinch from your touch

Like a scalded cat from water

Trust died here, rotting in the space between us

My eyes, stripped of pretense

Raw nerves exposed to harsh light

Ears ring with phantom frequencies

Of sugar-coated lies that crawl beneath my skin

Your scent – synthetic kindness and decay

When praise drips from your lips

Like honey-coated arsenic

I retreat into darkness

Where shadows don't lie

Your words strike like hammers

Against my paper-thin defenses

Truth is a currency 

I cannot afford to trust

Even sincerity bleeds false

When filtered through human veins

Everything pure turns toxic

In these meat-puppet hands

I've learned to breathe underwater

To swim in your poison

The only defense is offense

The only truth in assuming lies

Your species spreads like cancer

Cells multiplying without purpose

Nature's failed experiment 

Begging for correction

Through cleansing fire

And atomic rain

Let the cockroaches inherit the earth

At least they're honest in their survival