Love Poem: Oh, Calamity
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Written by: Jasey Lynn Canova

Oh, Calamity

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned, 
of thigh-high socks and bobby pins. 
Now strewn about, we kiss discreet, 
with pounding hearts, our bodies meet! 

Our love forbidden; a cold fire - it burns, 
within my breast as my stomach turns, 
Blasphemy, Sin! Of this I am full. 
Guilty! Yet, still at your body I pull. 

Convince me now that my sins have worth. 
Can I trust you won’t shatter me, cast me aside? 
Can I open my heart and have you as my first? 
Can I believe you will not twist the knife in my side? 

Oh Calamity, damned as I am, right damned. 
I sat there crying as the door slammed, 
behind you; you're leaving... alone, here I lay. 
Left behind, thrown away, your toy for the day. 

With a sigh of resignation, I wipe tears from my eyes. 
There's no justifying her actions, her lies! 
Begone! Get thee behind me you whore! 
I stand up and place my hand to the door...

But I never make it, my heart heavy has grown. 
I have achieved this destruction all on my own. 
"I'll never forget you.." I heard her prose... 
as my eyes, heavy lidded... begin to close. 

My last breath escapes me into the night. 
I feel no elation, no horror, no fright. 
A small voice in the dark; a phrase to be heard: 
"I'll never forget you, " I echo her words.