Love Lies

Love Lies

A Poem by sivan

I love you, three words too generously misused-

I loved you once but my love was abused.

Was I just another beggar hungry for that which is you?

Or of a higher class: the privileged and few?

Did you abhor my efforts, did they make you run and hide,

Should I have told the truth that day or have silently lied?

I told you that I love you, and your response was parallel,

And so began a bogus bond and untruths we would tell.

I told you that I love you and at the time it was the true

But now my love is for another and I waste that line on you.

It’s like a safety net that holds us together,

A raincoat: for all the bad weather.

You tell me you love me when you think I’m going to cry,

I tell you I love you right before I lie.

In my mind I cheat on you constantly,

Forming brief sentences unintentionally.

I love you I hear you begin to say

I say I love you and I walk away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2011 sivan


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Wow.. thats really really good!. How you put it together was beautiful!

Posted 13 Years Ago


i like your work. the power of emotions and attachments that take over a person's life is real. it can and does occupy an enormous space in our lives. you capture this reality beautifully.

Posted 13 Years Ago



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sivan
sivan

Durban, South Africa



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I am a student of computer engineering... very technical yes but i like to get lost in the creativity of poetry and writing. Im an out and proud lesbian and if anyone doesn't like that well then that .. more..

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