Love Poem: Response To the New and Old
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Written by: Mat Andros

Response To the New and Old

You write of loneliness
Anger 
And fear

You look of pain
And truth 
So clear

You claim for shaking 
Quaking 
Neutrality

And its ecstasy 
You claim 
Is the fearless one behind the pain

When I’ve seen
Through ties of woe
Its you who lacks
The fear

Truly possible you hide
Through paintings strewn through the tide
You put on shows
And masks
Some comedic
And others tragic
But still your stronger

Remove my sleeves
And truth be seen 
More like a zebra
Of red and white
I hate them
So they control
I love them 
Though they have no soul
And you 
The soulful love
The first 
The last 
The truly one
And you pretend 
That your unshown
But you know that
 confusion 
rarely walks alone

there’s me
you see
I love you 

But your loving eyes betray
My heavy feeling

You seem to stray
To others
Lovers
Haters
Scumbags 
This time a year
Like the last
That one who left you for a friend
You keep
You hide
From past reserves
You keep from me
And don’t let me show
My love
My soul