Potent Love

Poet's note: I wrote this poem during a moment when my emotions were louder than my thoughts. It was inspired by someone who caught me off guard — someone whose presence felt innocent at first but carried a kind of danger I couldn’t ignore. I wrote it for her, even if she’ll never know it. The poem came from a place where attraction, fear, desire, and doubt were all mixed together. I wanted to express how love can feel both sweet and poisonous, comforting and destructive at the same time. To me, this poem is a reflection of choosing someone even when you know the love might be risky, even when the feelings pull you into a darker, more confusing version of yourself. It’s the truth of wanting someone so deeply that the danger becomes part of the attraction.