I lied

Posted on December 18, 2021 by ceayr
artwork by phil burns

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I lied

I lied to you
the first time we met
to protect myself
because my heart was imprisoned
wretchedly
far across the sea
and I found you
dangerously attractive

I lied to you
when we met again
to protect myself
because my heart was shattered
brutally
from across the sea
and I found you
painfully attractive

and then
we met yesterday
and I was free
to speak the truth
and I found you
excitingly attractive
but you were with him
hand in hand
and so once again
I lied to you

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6 Responses to I lied

  2. jenne49 says:
    December 18, 2021 at 9:22 pm

    A beautifully and sensitively expressed insight into our human condition.
    Life, eh?

    Like

    Reply
  3. Terveen Gill says:
    December 18, 2021 at 12:37 pm

    So sad. How we stop ourselves because of various reasons only to be let down by a change of fate. Touching. 🙂

    Like

    Reply

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