I Swear
well … you were there - you saw it all
you witnessed while I tried to scrawl
with bloodied hand a thread of shine
to seep the crack and keep her mine
absconding hope from wishes, grand
a final message scratched thru sand …
“You never meant that much to me” -
I swear, she never did …
yes, men my ilk, we’re scoundrels, true
we’ll daub our lies with shades of blue
and phrase our gifts of love too soon
all wrapped in beams of summer moon
hence, don’t conclude I found her rare
for sake I’ve saved these locks, her hair
she never meant that much to me -
I swear, she never did …
well, you know me, I’m quick to wax
romantic - damned be truth or facts
for such pursuits of curves and flesh
can oft’ demand that tongues enmesh
through mischiefs naught but libertine
so, though I graced her like my queen
she never meant that much to me -
I swear, she never did …
this love thing’s just a game you see
why can’t some rascals play for free?
she’s just one more who made my list
of sweetened angels kept and kissed
and though she’s tattooed on my arm
don’t think me captured by her charm
she never meant that much to me -
I swear, she never did …
now, all the damsels come and gone
are what my poems are versed upon
those conquests of my fool’s desires
make sure these pages rage as fires
and though she’s muse of ALL I write
don’t think she’s precious in my sight
she never meant that much to me -
I swear, she never did …
oh yes, she strides an angel’s grace
and heaven bleeds to blush her face
my heart so thrums her beck and call
so, let the tide wipe clear, my scrawl
though I’d give life for one last kiss
don’t think she’s dearer me than this:
she never meant that much to me -
I swear, she never did …
I swear …
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Once More I Failed the Truth" Poetry Contest, Kai Michael Neumann Judge & Sponsor.
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