White Flag

I can't breathe.
I'm suffocating under the toxic air of silence.
Those fatal vows that I recited so many moons ago
are now eclipsing all of my restraint,
forcing me to avenge my shattered trust.
I must follow this compulsion,
but survival will not be an option.
I'm now driven to eradicate my faith
in love; it's the only protection I know.
I have to obliterate it until every trace of innocence
are erased from my mind forever,
until the last memory of you is buried with the old me.

*Inspired by a "Title Toss" challenge by Baby Rainbow*