Nearest and dearest

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The words come out
Lines are drawn
Tired and frayed
The war declared
Nothing of import
For which we are fighting here
Just your tiredness
a lightning spark ignites
I am the conductor
Against which lightning strikes
Expected to stand and allow
A burning at the stake
Cannot have my pride and respect
Against insensible demands
There are no arguments left
No borderlines declared safe
A barbarian's mercy shown
To pillage burn and destory
Leave barren in the passing
All friendship and amicability

Your words are snares entangling
Sentences death magic frightening
I try and avoid the fight
Inexorably drawn in
As with a giant whirlpool
Speed of conflict intensifies
No way to paddle out
Caught and pulled under
Emotions drowning rational thought
Two blind clawing biting beasts
Doing worse can do to each other
As if we will never meet again
As if this fighting will never end
When the facts of the matter are
As the bruises deep begin to scar
Fresh hurts upon older grievances stacked
Tonight together we will sleep
A truce for bed be declared
A moment of reconciliation
Until the morning arrives
And we shall once more find ourselves
Deep behind the enemy lines
Of our own sorry bitter making
So lost and forlorn cannot find escape
Cannot even see what form escape might take
Instead we turn with poisoned barbs
To the pryhric fight always lost
Safe in embrace of foe
The nearest dearest spouse we will ever know.