Opinion on short free verse poem?

Love, an undying hope of a bright future,
Is despair and tragedy, masking itself
To sink its voracious teeth
Into its unsuspecting victims

It is a vampire, a creature of the night
Feeding on the naive and trusting
It is the Jersey devil
About to take you into the abyss of infidelity

Stay alert, keep hope
There is an escape from its grasp
Harden your heart, allow no one near
Summon rage and pain and fend off these creatures

When they come, refuse their curtousy
When they come, ignore their pleas
When they come, ignore their cries of compassion
To allow them inside, this is their plan for banishment

These beasts, seek nothing else than to satisfy their own desires
True love is a painful non-fatal terminal illness
Once it has fully run its course
And the walls echo from your screams of anguish
The only escape will be death


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