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The Also
Returning unexpectedly
I found a long dark hair
in the bedroom
an intruder
that wasn't mine or yours
You said
it must have been
carried in
by the wind
and laughed at me
unconvincingly
But the smell of home
seemed not quite right
as you hurried quickly
to the trash
and however much
I wanted to believe
I could already feel
strange sharp claws
shredding ruthlessly
at the fabric of my heart
You know I
would never share
our secret life
with anyone
yet instantly
I had become
hollow - an also
as if our souls were now
no longer exclusive
for each other
or special to you at all
Yet still this hopeless thought
that the fault
was somehow my own
blaming myself
because I never felt
the intruder approach
not once
Not for a moment
in all our loving
had I ever doubted your loyalty
until too late
the first raw twists of her knife
I found a long dark hair
in the bedroom
an intruder
that wasn't mine or yours
You said
it must have been
carried in
by the wind
and laughed at me
unconvincingly
But the smell of home
seemed not quite right
as you hurried quickly
to the trash
and however much
I wanted to believe
I could already feel
strange sharp claws
shredding ruthlessly
at the fabric of my heart
You know I
would never share
our secret life
with anyone
yet instantly
I had become
hollow - an also
as if our souls were now
no longer exclusive
for each other
or special to you at all
Yet still this hopeless thought
that the fault
was somehow my own
blaming myself
because I never felt
the intruder approach
not once
Not for a moment
in all our loving
had I ever doubted your loyalty
until too late
the first raw twists of her knife
Published 17th Nov 2009
| Edited 10th Sep 2012
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17th Nov 2009 10:00pm
I've been there before, I've tried to write it and I've always failed. You however nailed it perfectly
17th Nov 2009 10:51pm
i like how it is something as small as a hair that starts it all, rather than underwear or lipstick
it creates a good begining, which carries on
it creates a good begining, which carries on
18th Nov 2009 6:24am
Anonymous
18th Nov 2009 11:51am
a lot of pain in this one,yeah 'the first raw twists of her knife', that says it all.like it really.
Anonymous
18th Nov 2009 11:53am
your title is really apt, that little word says so much:-)
