When he comes....Run!!

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He's going to tell you that you mean so much to him and more but have you ever asked him to define "so much." He will tell you that he feels safer with you, that you are everything she could never provide. He will learn you, trace the outline of your canvas, only to splash you with toxic paint that reveals a hideous picture when unveiled. He will take you out, dine you with the best and make you feel like the only woman in this giant world but wake up you fool, there's like a billion people here, you're way too gullible, obviously, he knows this. His lips will feel so soft against yours and every time he kisses you, he'll let his saliva flow down into your heart to keep it pumping with foul fuel. That is how he traps you.

Yet, with all his professions of love and all his charming gestures, you remain hidden, to wait in the dark for when his headlights approach or meet in a gloomy room with windows that have begged to be cleaned for years. You would think that he would want to show you off, after all, don't you mean so much. You know you should run but his embrace is so magical, that damn cologne that smacks you at your knees and so you buckle, recklessly falling into this man's arms. 

He'll make love to you like a beast then feed on your carcass, leaving you bare to dry in the sun so that the other line of vultures can feed. That man, dear girl, he'll never leave what he strove so gruelingly to build....with her, not you. You, young woman, are a pawn in his game, a game he stops to play when he gets bored with her but oh my dear, that is where his heart belongs. Fighting for it will leave you blood stained, and you dear woman will pay a soul crushing price. Can you pay that ransom?

Turn away from him. Be strong, be brave. If you mean so much as he says, then you should be able to walk freely at his side. Will you continue to sacrifice dignity for tethered pleasure? A man who cannot sustain is not a man you should gain. Even if he leaves her for you, you will never win. Men like him work in cycles, he rests with you to rebuild energy so he can go out there and prey again. Oh, beautiful woman, who deserves so much and more, leave that devil of a man alone.

So, when you see him coming the next time, do not let him catch you first, find a covering, find a veil, search for a cloak and hide. Young woman, with all the power in you......just run!

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