Your lips bloom like forbidden gardens during an eclipse.
My pride shrieks but the heavens keep singing.
I stole my own power away from my fingertips,
But I cannot hear the truth when my ears are ringing.
You have heard my lies at least a hundred times.
The excuses never cut it, do not pretend they did.
We jumped to conclusions, thinking it would suffice,
But I loved you despite all the lust I once hid.
A part of me always hoped they would condemn me –
Therefore, I buried your name like a dirty secret.
The tip of the iceberg was peeking out already.
Once all was said and done, I could no longer keep it.
I could no longer keep us.
Maybe throwing our love away was better than sweeping it under the carpet.
Now I am watching people who want to be us,
Thinking back on how it all started.
-JW
The Daily Writing of Jackie Wright 