We Walk Among the Ruins

I don't know what to say
As you turn away
Glance over your shoulder
A precarious display
Of your back and face
You look puzzled
I begin to speak
My story sounds bleak
Confused
Words misused
I fumble for clues
To what you are feeling

We walk among the ruins
Of our childish games
We talk about the world
I know will never be the same
Again
I feel this sorrow
Riddled with endless shame
I'll never be the same

The cure for my Illness
Lies
In the touch of your skin
Your body reassures me
I still don't know
Where to begin
I give in
To this lust
Welling inside
As you shed your disguise

We walk among the ruins
Of our childish games
We talk about the world
I know will never be the same
Again
I feel this sorrow
Riddled with ruthless pain
I'll never be the same

The sorrow I face
Reeks of "Arsenic and Old Lace"
I try to retrace
Where our love went wrong
You look puzzled
I begin to speak
My story sounds bleak
Confused
Words misused
I fumble for clues
To what you are feeling
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Posted: Jul 2009

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sabeel
dear poet,
well done,
simple and easy.
i like that line;-"I know will never be the same
Again
I feel this sorrow
Riddled with ruthless pain
I'll never be the same"-

its really nice, good work.
SABEEL.
a_broken_frame
Thanks for the kind words
ohio19
great poem i enjoyed it well writtenconversing heart1
gypsyheart
Very well written poem a_broken_frame.Thanks for sharinghug
a_broken_frame
Thank you so much...
Gembow
hey man nice trick to boost your poems back to the top and crowd the rest of us out. You could stand to be more polite.
a_broken_frame
To Gembow: So...to you...thanking people is a trick? Your loss. Good thing I don't care about your opinion AT all. yay
a_broken_frame
To Wildfire: That particular piece was written for somebody close and the movie was one we watched regularly together and laughed at together quite often. Thanks for the kind words.
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