Best to absolve
the guilty
to hold pain
overfills the vessel
perpetrator and victim
awash in the same
liquid shame
spill this sorrow
let it become
a drop
in the vast
ocean.

I swear to you Human beings are the worst kind of drug.  There is no substance that can make you feel as high as the affection another person may share.  And, there is no hangover as headache inducing as the subsequent fall from their grace. From disappointment to excitement you may only understand the full spectrum of experience when it is shared.  Yes, there are many states of solitude which are necessary and unique but we have never existed singularly and never will.

Your love is soft and warm as a Summer sky
That's what you are to me

This isn't a poem but more of a testament,
If your eyes and your smile do this to my body
I can only imagine how your hands would feel.

You and your smile that made me fall.
You pretending that you don't care at all.

You killing me slowly, straight to the core.
You stripping me of my self-worth and throwing it to the floor.

You and your lies, of love and forever.
You and your promises of always being together.

You and her, unable to escape my brain.
You knowing that my only relief is found in a blade.

You holding me as I cry into your arms.
You promising me I will come to no harm.

You whispering those three words I long to hear.
You whispering "God, I love you My Dear".

I'm the boss
I won't take a loss
Just the marks of her lip gloss