A love gone wrong
What went wrong between us? Can you tell me?
I tried to be all you wanted , but you didn't want to see.
I couldn't be myself with you and you didn't even know .
You would say things that hurt me, I didn't let it show.
I kept my feelings to myself, you didn't seem to care.
You didn't even notice that I was even there.
I knew there was something wrong, but I didn't know what it could be.
But now that it is over , I see things differently.
I didn't really know you and you didn't love me.
Reaching out in the dark
for something that is now history
instead all alone by myself
my only friend is my own misery
True joy turned bitter memory
You destroyed me so damn beautifully
a friend turned lover, a lover turned mortal enemy,
yet this hatred I pretend to carry so easily
is a merely a mask to hide that i worship you like a deity
You left me broken and ashamed
Yet I only had myself blame
And now that you're only an image in my mind,
I will bury you deeply
in the part of my soul where all my sweetest dreams hide.
Tattoos on your soul expose your pain
Vodka in your veins controls depravity
Perforated voodoo dolls at your command
Holy matrimony united in a kiss
Diseased, dressed to kill, as pretty as it gets
Wedding vowels begin in innocence
Pins go in the flesh, dots connect, shrink the head
Sow the lips together before you go to bed
Conjure ancient spells before you sleep
Stay in touch with your emotions enemy
Remember death til you do part
Means exactly that
Pain and pleasure are the same
A well preserved husband in a formal wear tuxedo
Is a love that lasts forever for better or for worst
It is better than a living one at any time
In formaldehyde
Drawing lines between shapes of grief
Going in circles, awaiting the lietmotif
Now just a side of a triangular run.
With defences up like the Pentagon.
Then finally looking Love square in the face
While Hope's line slopes down in disgrace
Calculating a Geometry too disjoint
For Love to have a basic point.
I thought you were my knight in shining armor
But you were the villain in disguise
Everything was going so well
I don't know how you became so demonized
At first you treated me like a princess
But then I became your slave
I did everything you told me to
And you never were amazed
I thought you loved me
It turns out I was in a daze
Next thing you know
You took away everything I love
I couldn't even talk to my brother
Because you were always jealous of
Me talking to any man
The reason why I don't have a clue
And after that
I was only expected to stay home
Or go to work
Just to come back to someone
Who would taunt me
Question everything I stand for
But I still thought I loved you
I guess I just didn't want to be lonely
So I decided to break free
From someone I've truly come to know
You weren't who I thought you were
So it's time to live my life on my own
We met and I fell, it was explosive
Desire, lust, blazing through my veins
You burned me up body and soul
I was the only one though
You used me, then went away
What went wrong ?
Am I broken !
Feelings are missing in what we had
Communication, hopes, dreams, and most importantly love.
Glass shattered-
the bottles melting
that green-eyed feeling overcoming-
but the cause of it was you.
You're wandering eyes neglect me
while you pretend to look away
but I see right through those pretty brown eyes
and you definitely don't want to stay
I'm that safety net-
to a person who's my world
and while you
poke at my eyes
laugh at my fits
I know your real girl
and she's not the person you've been with
for a year now coming up
instead i'm just a distraction
trying to become better than you've had
but you can't even see that
I'm psycho- that's all there is to it
but remember when i'm gone
and realize my worth
that you were really nothing-
but a lesson gone wrong
a lesson that was supposed to relieve the grief
a lesson of love gone wrong
Lover lover where do I begin?
Laughing at your predicament.
Seeing you crumble.
Lover lover why are you there?
Seeing you lying, breathing with no air.
Do not dare to look at me with such despair.
Lover lover what can I do?
There is nothing I can do.
Laughing at your self pity.
Lover lover what is wrong?
Do you seem to not like the handcuffs?
Incredibly I do, seeing you there vulnerable.
Lover Lover do you not see?
You belong in the ground.
That is were all lovers are found.
Giving up and moving on, must be a lie;
Amazing love like that; never suppose to die.
But the pain and tears, just don't feel right;
It's over and done with, no reason to fight.
Looking at a love that is nothing but dead;
Knowing the truth, the thoughts in her head.
Loving him deeply and losing him now;
He slept around; she can't fathom how.
Their love for each other was strong and bold;
A love story written, that can now unfold.
But not a single tear she will shed, it doesn't matter anymore;
"I'm leaving you forever!" -- and she slams the door.
Should I go or should I stay
we just can't go on this way,
there is nothing left to say
but it still happens everyday.
Everything I say is wrong
and it's been going on too long,
I don't think I can be that strong
with no reason to belong.
We used to make love every night
but now all we do is fight,
nothing seems to be going right
the love we shared is out of sight.
At first we didn't have to try
I don't know what went wrong or why,
now all I do is make you cry
so I guess it's time to say goodbye.
What is love if some one lies
Is it the same as if he dies?
So what if I could not cry when he left
All it means now is my heart has found rest
And who is to say he was mine alone
When he hardly spent any time at home
Love is easy when it is right
When it is not yours you always fight
Marsha L Lewis
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