You've Broken Me
you've broken me in ways I can't recount
unloved, uncherished, and unsought am I
the anguish of my soul I can't surmount
the pounding of my heart an echoed, "Why?"
You were possessed, you were obsessed with me
the sun would not go down till we had met
you claimed my eyes bewitched in fantasy
and dreams of me would leave you in a sweat
you said I was the best of women found
my beauty ravished sweetly every thought
no one like me above or on this ground
for such as I you had sincerely sought
the years unraveled and I lost my glow
no longer did my form desire ignite
the love of someone else you came to know
and so descended hope to endless night
you took away from me my fondest dreams
I came to feel much like some loathsome trash
my tears came not in droplets but in streams
as self esteem then crumbled with a crash
you did not love my soul, you did not see
my true identity, you did not love
and so I tried to be other than me
my eagle heart I veiled to be your dove
and though I try so hard, it is in vain
no word, no smile, no touch can love awake
I daily try to live with searing pain
my heart and soul for you I must forsake
you've broken me in ways I can't express
but life goes on and on, and I survive
now and again I long for love's caress
so that once more my heart can come alive
Eileen Manassian
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2016
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