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TORMENT by MB
This is dedicated to 'C'

SHARP GRAY EDGES
THAT PIERCE YOUR SKIN
THE ROSES/RED LIKE
BLOOD/LEAVE THORNS
FLOWERS wilt/THORNS REMAIN
IF LOVE IS LIKE A ROSE
IT SHALL PRICK YOU
AND LEAVE YOU TO
BLEED/IT IS
POISON/IDEAS OF
LOVE AND BEING
IN LOVE/YOUR MIND
IS SATURATED
BEFORE YOU CAN STOP IT
BEFORE YOU REALIZE THE
POISON YOU LET IN
IT IS TOO LATE/YOU
ARE DEAD/BROKEN HEARTED
withered
ONLY THE/HARD/UNFORGIVING
EDGES OF TORNS REMAIN/A
PAINFUL REMINDER/OF
WHAT LOVE IS REALLY
WE CANNOT CREATE LOVE
WE CANNOT LEARN TO LOVE
LOVE IS THE THORNS
IT IS PAIN AND SUFFERING
ANGUISH/A PATHETIC ATTEMPT
OF FULFILLMENT
FOR YOU OR FOR ME
WE WILL BOTH REMAIN/EMPTY
LOST/unsatisfied
I CANNOT SAVE YOU
I CANNOT EVEN SAVE MYSELF
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME
AND I'LL NEVER BE
GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU/THAT
IS LOVE

IS THAT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT?

This poem was written in Nov. 2005.