Betrayal

I remember feeling sunshine
washing up against the fabric of my soul.
It filled the cracks and crevices.
Dripped dramatically, filling holes.

I remember feeling loved
as you sought me out like tide to innocent shore.
It was an upside-down attraction. Riddled with bony shells
that revealed the carnage - your shadowy core.

I remember feeling lost
like the sun, as night devoured day.
I gave all of that trusting tint as you mixed it, maliciously
into memories that fade and rust, turn to dust - flitter away.

I remember feeling empty
as you lay it down before me, dead and still.
My heart that once beat loudly, now hides
like an injured animal, evading the the final blow - the kill.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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April 8, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Another great write. Since you like repeatition, I bet you could try this same content again in a pantoum or a villenella![Of course save this version, but I think it would be fun!] Oh I loved your quote..Oscar Wilde huh? Be yourself everyone else is taken! WOW! Light & Love
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