How?

When you are decieved.

How?

You let me believe in love

again; believe that I was

loved. And I treasured

each and every moment

I had you in my life.

You offered me a beautiful

future, something uniquely

tangible that I had little

trouble seeing,

as we planned our life

together in Halden.

You were my perfect,

adorable lover; indulgent

and yet demanding,

taking and giving in equal

sensual measure.

You seemed so grounded

and real that I gave

you the trust of my

torn and tattered heart.

You charmed me with

your gentility, your intellect,

your sweetness.

You swept away my early

doubts in soft and easy

breaths and kisses of

sincerity.

You baked me bread and

fed me the romance I

had long yearned.

And so I fell; plummeted,

thankfully,

into a perfect world

where our devotion, told to

one another, transcended

all of our erstwhile grief filled

days; swept aside past

pain and healed the scars

and broken bones of previously

defiled promises.

How could I have been

so blind to such blatant

deception?

 

05/10/14

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

talk about hitting in the solar plexus...this punch reminded me of the last hit i took, total deception...i was definitely "the fool on the hill"

and can relate perfectly to this.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

And we are taught that men are the ones not to be trusted!

[Lyn Anderson]

Was it deception of the speaker? Or deception of self that led to the ultimate demise of the relationship? The pain and upset of being let down after opening up time and time again is very evident in this piece. But sometimes, there are those of us who have no choice. We do it, and hope the next time it will turn out differently ...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yhanks 'M', I know you get it but for the first time in my life I will not be getting back on the horse in a hurry.

[Lyn Anderson]

That's not a bad thing. I think you will be fine.

[Rene Salinas]

John the hammer of desillusionement hit be on my spine and I think it will take me a while to recover. I will not comment on the specifics surrounding this scene but the sentiment of having been led the garden path is breathtakingly sad. You seems to share to that the effects were deep and profound and that some closure has been achieved yet How and why ? The will remain difficult to understand.

Shakes head...

Thankyou

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Rene I am sad you can share such pain. But thank you!

[Rene Salinas]

Uff mate I feel too old to go through something like that....... good write though !