Another Ex

On 2021042520210425 By Beleaguered ServantIn Original Poems1 Comment

She was my longest love in many ways,
With us so often on, or off, again;
She was a part of each divergent phase
Of all the things I tried to, could've been

She called me once in quite a fevered state;
Her voice its magic worked on me in tolls;
I drove six hours - then we made love eight -
A fire burning on in glowing coals

But something about us just was not right.
The chemistry was there, and we could talk:
But our values were different, so in spite
Of all the good we had, I chose to walk.

We have stayed friends, and lately I can tell:
I'm just another ex to her, as well

Where Love Was Meant to Be

On 2021013120210130 By Beleaguered ServantIn Original Poems1 Comment

She stood where love was meant to be
And watched its slow demise;
Though posed as the embodiment
Of fantasies of guys

But love is not an image, nor
A way we simply feel —
It’s only action that can prove
If love is really
Real

What Must Be Said

On 2021013120210130 By Beleaguered ServantIn Original PoemsLeave a comment

So I don’t want to think it anymore.
And I don’t want to say what must be said –
For nothing ever will be as before,
There’s no more watering a plant that’s dead

You went to where you felt you had to be.
For I was not enough for you to flaunt:
And so you found someone who was not me;
A job that, daily, fewer people want

I’ve reached the edge of language in my course,
It’s time to pack it in and end the show;
I cannot sing some song of ‘sweet remorse’,
To try to leave with pride
Is all
I know

it didn’t really matter, did it?

On 2020103120201030 By Beleaguered ServantIn Original Poems1 Comment

she was the fix that 
 he had to have,
he was the habit 
 she couldn't break;
love started out with 
 these feelings, true,
then it became just 
 a thing to make

everything ends where 
 it didn't start,
ground ever shifting
 beneath our feet:
theirs was a love that
 would never end,
another stunning

unforeseen

defeat