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Game of Love -- Make Their Jaw Drop Contest

No one prepares you for the fall I never knew you grew that tall When someone warns you of how much they care Your heart begins to swell and tear The excitement that someone could be in love with you And maybe you could care for them too So you lay awake at night Trying to put up a fight Against the feelings that nap just behind your eyelashes Times goes by and it flashes There you stand as it passes With your heart in a pretty box for the masses It happened without you even realizing what it did Placed it there and closed the lid, Your subconscious boxed it And I involuntarily handed it over, Before you passed me your heart You unwrapped the decorations with care And opened the box without a tear A sneer spread across you face "Thank you", escaped you lips As you devoured it Raw and bloody I never thought I would be so muddy I feel so funny All so empty It didn’t agree with you stomach My flesh was rejected from your tormented soul And here I sit beside the pool of [your] sick Picking out the remains left Is there anything of me that can be saved Or is this all part of the twisted game? It sure as hell wasn’t love. I don’t know what this would even be called. No one prepares you for the fall I never knew you grew that tall When someone warns you of how much they care You heart begins to swell and tear It happened without you even realizing it You subconscious placed in there. My own heart.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 6/5/2016 1:59:00 PM
You sure made my jaw drop. Linda
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Date: 6/4/2016 10:22:00 PM
Great entry... welcome to the soup.
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Date: 6/4/2016 9:41:00 PM
Laura, way to go, I enjoy when new poets join to join our contest. Have a nice day. SKAT
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Date: 6/4/2016 8:18:00 AM
Nicely penned, Laura. Good luck for the contest. ;)
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Date: 6/4/2016 3:25:00 AM
Beautiful Game of Love, even when or maybe just because heart begins to swell and tear . Congrat.
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