The Bitterness of Love

Can’t you see what you’re doing to me?
A useless life of agony and misery will be
I no longer have no dignity, no self-respect, or any pride
This man I loved so dearly, I no longer can confide

You’ve stripped away all trust and left me bare to show
That the man who used to adorn me has simply outgrown
Outgrown the path of passion, of tenderness and glee
Taken away all intimacy and given it away unfaithfully

You’re on a path of self-destruction, of bitterness and pain
Whatever woes you once had, I could have simply helped ease away
Instead you’ve chosen a path in which there is no placement down that road for me
A path of unrighteousness, of self-pity and one filled with empathy

I can no longer bear the mental anguish, the distress or misery
I’ve taken more than I can handle, and these wings are completely a flee
A flee to a place no longer near you and one filled will love and propitious divine
Whoever I once was, that person I will again find

So remember my love the good times and endless love we once shared
For in your dreams I will haunt you, and all the misery and pain you will now bare
So my advice is to take it slowly, and try to understand
That the man you once were, is now the man with a dying, destructive plan

Story ID:	1796
Written by:	Stacy Lynn Stiles (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Tomah WI USA
Year:	2006