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My Senses Deceive Me

You stopped humming and playing the guitar I did not listen hard enough You stopped smiling when you looked at me I did not see well enough You stopped holding me as tight I did not feel hard enough You stopped talking to me as much I did not ask for you enough You started to smell of cigarettes again I did not inhale you enough You stopped wanting to taste me I did not entice you enough You started making excuses to leave And I made them for you too Pretending that what my senses felt was just, simply not true.

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Date: 4/20/2017 4:23:00 AM
You've written a wonderful poem, in all of it's sad truth... Beautiful and heartfelt. Welcome to PoetrySoup.
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Lisa Gruhn
Date: 4/21/2017 3:13:00 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome and kind words, Darren!

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