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Jun 2016
You think you're better at life than me
Because you dance with flames
While I caress the steaming coals' weary backs

You think you're stronger than me
Because you unleash your inner wild man
While I sit back and allow my inner peace to overwhelm my senses and take me to place of 'zen'

You think you are wilder Than me
Because you roar out into the mysterious valleys, yelling all your troubles
While I whisper in the forests to the wonders of the whimsical world

You think you're braver than me
Because you can race to the top of the mountain to yell your name
While I stand back and watch you with idle eyes and Palms shaking with angst

You think you are better than me
Because you're confident and you have the guts to speak to who you love without an ounce of fear
Yet I, I allow my voice to shake and tremble when I speak with conviction to the one I love

You think because you smile at the world with that facade of a smile, they like you
Yet I grin at times of sincerity to my dear one I love and My heart swells with heat at This love

You think saying I love you means that you actually do
You say it to cover your actions and slip ups
While I say it in a tender gaze and favors for the one I adore

Oh
You were disillusioned
For I am not as brave as you
As loud as you
Nor as wild as you

You are the demon within every liar.
You are the raging fire within every arrogant man.
You are the burning desire within his lustful approach to love
You are the deadliest sin
You are confident and undeniably blasΓ© about the blade you cut into every man

You are a burning sensation
A desire
Lust
And words of nothingness

You are everything he was.

You are his darkness within.
Elizabeth Burns
Written by
Elizabeth Burns  South Africa
(South Africa)   
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