Love & Lust

The truth

You was not my first love, but you were the most important
You had a way of teaching me the difference between love and lust
What you did was the worst possible thing one can do
My heart and soul were then broken with no way to mend them
Suddenly the air around me had gotten thinner and my windpipes starting to close
But the love I had for you opened me back up
And there I was
Alive in the cold
I hated you for what you did
I was mistaken for the longest time
I thought your Love was the thing saving me
But really it was my love for you that kept me breathing in all the suffocation
My love is keeping me strong
You taught me the difference between love and lust yes
But I was the one in love while you just had a lust for me

Reviews

[R.E. Ray]

An interesting twist and spin on unrequited love. I especially like the lesson learned, though until the end. As you convey in your poem, we're often fooled by the ones closest to us, thought they wear a hideous mask every day. Good piece!