All I know of Love

WEEEE!

 

 

And that’s all it took

One touch for my will to dissolve

To become putty in your masterful hands

I lie here devoid and empty

Filled only with the scent of you

This is all I know of love

 

But I know this isn’t love

It’s something you took

Something I gave you

Something that dissolves

And leaves me hollow and empty

Aching for the slide of your hand

 

The comfort of those hands

Convince me this is a love

Of promises broken and empty

Your absence is all it took

To make the illusion dissolve

Leaving only a memory of you

 

I can’t deny you

I can’t stop the reaching of my own hands

My control and sanity dissolve

Creating a shell driven by “love”

And so we fed and took

Until we were both empty

 

And now my soul is empty

It rattles with the memory of you

Like the heavy chains I took

And used for my own hands

All in the name of love

I slowly dissolve

 

My hopes are dissolved

There is nothing left of me to empty

My soul lost in the spoils of Love

My essence devoured by you

My skin singed by your hands

My heart the one thing you never took

 

What I gave you took and has now dissolved

I withered in your hands so cold and empty

Who is to blame that you are all I know of love?

 

Author's Note

this is my second sestina! It actually follows the form too!

Reviews

[Soul Magic✯]

wow you delivered this one beautifully. very well expressed... i enjoyed your wonderful ink :)

[Sheila Marie Carr]

Very beautiful you really captivated me from the beginning to the end...sometimes love distorts and confuse us to the point in which we don't know who to blame, great job

[Sseoni]

What a wonderful poem! It was so beautifully written, wonderfully detailed, and greatly descriptive! It was so passionate and amazing! I loved it! Unique and intriguing! I loved the wonderful use of vocabulary! Amazing poem! :D

[A]

WOW! Your poem is really good. I was shocked at out you used the same words to end your sentences. That must have been hard. But you did a great job! Awesome poem and writing! :)