Just because lust, love

Both begin with letter “L”

They’re not equal, same

Heart showed paltry reluctance

Flames rose in devil’s fireplace

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Faulty myth, Romance

Like menu entrée’s spiced dish

Tricky enigma

Passion hinders intellect…

Married with no quaint advice

Nor sure approval

Small audience wore blank looks—

We catapulted

Into uncharted letdown

No scintillating evenings

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Your rage, my mute fear

Intimacy absent love

Our sole connection—

You did everything you could

To scare me into leaving

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Why were you surprised

When you finally succeeded…

I squandered 3 years

On dream without substance, let

You deceive, thieve who I was

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Should have read Bible…

I didn’t know my value

Threw pearls before swine

©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.

“Do not throw your pearls before pigs, for they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.” Mathew 7:6, Amplified Bible

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