— Leave Is Sought, Never Usurped—
He'd meant to heed the sermon, yet her air
unwove his reason from its sacred thread;
whilst Love, pronounced as heaven's sovereign prayer,
burnt through his senses till the words lay dead.
Her aureate presence held his gaze enthrall'd;
the chalk hung mute beneath her lifted hand;
each precept solemnly from heaven call'd
fell like white cinders on enchanted sand.
“Stand forth.” Beyond the hallow'd door he came,
ear-grasp'd, whilst all his wayward senses swam;
the bell released him from his chastening shame—
then meek before the threshold: “May I come in, ma’am?”
For love that knows its longing dare not claim,
kneels at the door—and perishes unnamed.
In love
I am
Alone
Cryin
Non cares
Nowhere
Discard
Sincere
Mistreat
Abused
Unwove
Constant
Not a...
Chance to
Belong
Be love
I have
Accept
This is
My gift
To be
Dislike
I am
UNLOVED
1/20/18
by James Edward Lee Sr.
Like a song stuck in your head
It’s impossible to unhear me,
Like a bad habit
It’s hard to uncrave me,
Like a recurring dream
It’s difficult to unsleep me,
Always in your thoughts
I am the slip of your tongue,
When you talk of someone
inadvertently my name creeps in…
My life’s so entwined with yours
you could not unwove me;
I am your fervent longing
you cannot unlove me,
I am the heat of your passion
you cannot unquench me.
Like your heart beats
Like the air you breathe
I am always there
I am always around...
As within, So without!
I am a Captive in my own web.
I am the Captain of my own destruction.
I am caught, caught in the middle.
Stuck in the web of mistakes I tangled myself into.
Instead of beautiful silk, threads of lies and insults encase my body.
Regret penetrates me spreading from my head down to my feet.
I know the way out but the words I need to say wont come out of my mouth.
I am Stunned, stunned that I could create such a carefully woven disaster.
I put no thought into the weaving and did not care about the mistakes
until they came and stabbed me in the back.
But Finally,
I am free.
I am free because I unwove the web.
I unwove the web with truth, and flattery,
sweet flattery that flew from my lips as if I had always possessed this quality.
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