Love like Codeine
your love was pure
pure like fire
ephemeral and fleeting
and bore a desire
now lost and broken
contemptuous of what's cheapened
I dream of illusions
though I am not sleeping
your love was ephemeral
illusive or illusionary
like daydreams
my love was craven
unsure imasculine
or maybe just craving
now lost and contemptuous
of being cheated
by promises I made myself
nightmares that stop me from sleeping
and thoughts of you
so pure and vibrant
and fleeting
all that disappointment
all that potential
all that could have been
and thoughts of sleep
codeine to cleanse
and wash away the pain
and thoughts of you
cruel and callous
not to feel the same
my heart is pure, pure like fire
warn-down in its beating
for you forlorn and broken
with unfulfilled, unworthy desire
Copyright © Chris Alex | Year Posted 2018
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