Blogophilia 17.7 Please Say It Isn't So

[Please] Say It Isn't So

Say it isn't so, that

I can no longer see the lust in your eyes.

My heart yearns for the time

when my merest touch was enough

to set your body alight; 

the merest whisper from my lips enough

to fill your soul with greed for more.

Say it isn't so, that

I can no longer see the love in your face

as you witness my transformation;

the swallowing of my pride

to become the man you wanted,

free from the gluttony of the needle,

free from the wrath of my past.

Say it isn't so, that

our paths cannot continue,

you must go your way, and 

I must go mine.  I envy

the person you have chosen in my place

even as I wish you happiness.

Bitterness threatens to engulf me.

Say it isn't so, that

you never loved me in the first place;

that your choosing me was a result

of spiritual sloth that made it OK

to settle, until better came along.

Those words, meant to sting,

did their job.

Copyright Steven Clark 2014 

"And I, the last, go forth companionless,

And the days darken round me....."

~~Tennyson's Morte d'Arthur

Written for:

Blogophilia 17.7

Topic:  Please Say It Isn't So

bonus points:

(hard, 2 pts:  use a line from Tennyson's Morte d'Arthur)

(easy, 1 pt:  mention one of the 7 deadly sins)

Bonus picture guesses:

windswept, runaway, gone with the wind, pretty as a picture, waiting, leaving, loss, traveling, moving on

Topic submission guess:  Tyler
Picture submission guess:  Violeta