Saying I
Loved you
Was my sin
Each moment a crime
Each breath
And every kiss
Belonged to someone
You had yet to meet
I desired
You but
Did not love you
Truly
I scarred you
With each lie
A knife to the heart
A strike to your soul
This lust, this guilt
Ruled
My mind
Reminding me I was wrong
And tempting me to continue
Until I damaged
You beyond
Repair
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Contention
PoetryPoetry based on prompts from Instagram (J.R. Rogue and Kat Savage) about The War In Us. In love and heartbreak, we find that we are at war. It is a war with who we are, who we will be, and with what we do in response. In this war sometimes we win, a...
