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Jan 2016
You live to play the game
Watching the shame fill my eyes
Hoping that I’d hold on through the lies
Rejoicing in the effect you have over me
I have no chance, no choice it seems
All I can do is watch from a distance
Watch as you devour my spirit and greedily feast on my love
Watch as my body betrays me and rises to meet you with everlasting trust

I see your eyes, they hold no shame
Showing no emotion, that’s your game
Watching me fly and burning with desire
Erupting with need that hits me with the force of a freight train
My love spills over, trying to banish out every trace of darkness
Like a vampire craving blood you feed off my love
******* me dry and leaving behind a drought of need too great
Consuming me, a frenzy of fire, desire, love and lust

Try as hard as I might, I escape for only a while
A thread of dignity, saves my ravaged soul
You find my light and drive it away with a darkness that stains your soul
I try to latch on to some semblance of control
Alas, I have fallen and there is nowhere I can go

You seem to enjoy playing this game
Weaving unseen spells that keep me detained
I love you more than life itself yet you push me away knowing this full well.
So go ahead and play on, diminishing my light for your own ego
Play on my love, play on, this game of yours holds strong
But some day my love will thrive and knock you over with its sheer size
You will beg for forgiveness and I will accept you with open arms
Showing you what it truly means to love.
Tasneem Moosa
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Tasneem Moosa  26/F/Cape Town
(26/F/Cape Town)   
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