Everything and Nothing
I gave you everything
You gave me nothing.
I gave you my dreams,
Laid them beneath your feet.
They carpeted your path to success.
And I – long forgotten.
My dreams, a remnant of what was;
Long since drowned, dingy and trodden.
I gave you intimate dreams –
But my dear, you gave me only endless nightmares.
And oh, how I filled you with love
As you emptied me of hope.
And blinded, I fell foolishly.
You rendered my love limp,
My breathless heart labouring
Scars of violent lacerations
Howl my long-since harboured lament.
The fragility of hope.
The finality of ruin.
I remember,
I remember how I gave you everything
I remember,
I remember that you gave me
Nothing.
Rebecca .A. Huxley
Copyright © Rebecca Huxley | Year Posted 2018
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