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No love like yours
You were dressed in a midnight blue
Hooded cloak, the full moon an apparition
Of your face.
I fell in love with the eternal abyss of your
Heart and pondered upon the fists you clenched
Fiercely only to see them abruptly disappear
Into the thickness of my body and surroundings
Leaving an indelible mark engraved upon my
Sullen carcass.
I remember trying to contain you as though you were
A wild fire burning bright in a bleak winters night.
Nothing could.
You showed hue's of manipulation, and it seared
My cranium.
Pain was a friend I didn't want or need,
But I took my lumps, believing I deserved it,
You thought so too.
The lies you spake against me broke me
As though I was a vase falling off the perch
Of a high shelf, shattering my skin that
Was of native American silhouette.
I took all this and then some more,
Carrying the excess baggage on my not
So happy travels, seeking refuge, finding none.
I laid down on golden beaches in the wake
Of your stormy seas, drowning in the love
I never wanted, but all my life, received.
Copyright ©
Charles Dibiasi
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