We Start Off Slow...A Poem by Gitana DeneffAs you give me a Reassuring smile. Tell me that you’ll always Be there for me Never hurting me. We then act like newlyweds Living and loving in the society Of the young Who will never understand Our feelings. They say we’re getting Too wound up In each other. But we laugh. Don’t they realize That we are different? We won’t end up Like others Who never truly Loved each other Like we do. How do they know What my mind And heart Are saying? “We’ll be together forever,” We said. “No matter what. We will get through everything Because we are perfection And no one can touch us.” And we smile Because we know That nobody would. Nobody did. And we bloomed For a little… Even though no one touched us And the Sun and Moon Looked down on us With envy And the people of the world Applauded us We faltered. We stumbled. We fell. And became our own poison. You told me To jeopardize everything My morals were thrown away And my dignity… Buried And I lowered myself To you For you Pleasing you. I tried to reject Your acid. Kept in a vile In our hearts Where our love took shelter And was tainted By your desires, Your needs, And my haunting guilt Playing tug of war with my intestines Every day. We morphed into parasites Living in one another Tightening grips On our lungs. Breathing reduced to gasps. We start sinking In our web of lust, Lies, And decay. Every comfort Stabs the wound Of our soiled love. Love that was shriveling In the oven While we watched it Knowing we couldn’t save it. We try to mend anything And everything As best as we know how. The damage had been done. Burnt to smoldering ash. Making our charcoal hearts crumble And blow away. We cry, Wailing into the heavens That have forsaken us. “I thought we’d be Together forever!” You sputter into my shoulder. “We thought lots of things.” I said. “And in our hearts, We always knew Forever was a fantasy In our kingdom of make believe.” © 2011 Gitana DeneffReviews
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3 Reviews Added on May 27, 2011 Last Updated on May 27, 2011 AuthorGitana DeneffCypress, CAAboutI love writing. I really hope that I can make a career out of it... I tend to look everywhere for inspiration. The world is my oyster and it has treated me well, helping create my beloved compositions.. more..Writing
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