I love you.
You used those words so carelessly
Like so much barter
to be used in everyday exchange.
I love you.
How convincingly you used them
In soft whispers "it's been so long",
A form of pleading that I scoffed.
The first time I laughed.
It was a game.
But so much aching, so much longing,
that need to care, to understand, believe,
I wanted so to believe, to reach and hold.
But at first I was careful,
cold, cruel in my own way.
I love you.
Oh, God! If only I had never listened,
If I had turned, run,
just laughed and gone on;
but my own hurt
made blindness, madness part of me.
I love you.
It couldn't be a lie!
You couldn't say it without caring!
Surely, this time I could believe!
This time I would be right.
I love you.
Oh, God! How cruel you were, how cold,
how confident you held the winning hand.
Those words you used to bind me,
to leave me here, forgetting.
I love you.
To think:
I wasted all that warmth, that caring,
and you; "you" never wasted anything!
Not even words!
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Comments
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oh I am so mad at this person who treated you so callously. You wrote this sooooo well. I think the flow was wonderful. thanks for sharing this and thanks for entering it into my contest.
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well said and this is similar to what i was getting out. though this kind of puts the fear at the start perhaps that it should never have begun not sure i agree there i mean i think we do things for some reason but i definately see the connection though this is better written and with strong ties and the powerful repetitive reminder of those torturous words
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It's something we all wonder. How can someone tell you they love you and never give anything into the union of the souls. Is there even a union when one person bleeds themselves dry and the other simply takes and never gives back? Well said.
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I can relate to this piece completely!!
Very Very Very well written!!
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