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he was someone I used to know

a long time ago
she chose him  
everything that was right and wrong  
outside of herself  
holding fast to their youthful  
view of their world  
how they could bend it to their will  
how beautiful it was  
like watching a storm build  
over the ocean they dove  
into so eagerly  
tossing and spinning  
 in the deep  
not a care was given  
to the danger  
she would bathe in the  
magnificence of his spirit  
looking beyond herself  
peering in from  
a blurred perspective  
sandwich glass windows  
pinching the light  
setting things slightly askew  
even the pain he projected  
onto her fair skin  
with the force of his words  
she could always find ways to forgive  
because she chose this human out of  
every other  
he was her  
sunshine whispering  
all warm and comfortable  
and her rain that drenched  
her in cold tsunamis  
her pleasure  
limbs entwined softly  
so lovingly for a time  
and her pain  
where his physicality became  
a figure of how he could  
shame her into submissions  
twisting their bodies in fits  
of needing  
but there was no sex  
in his madness  
in desperation  
she would talk herself  
out of herself  
removing any part that didn't  
go along with their story  
the one they chose to  
let the world see  
not this  
the one that came in  
like a freight train  
without it's wheels  
spinning out of control  
slipping off the rails  
while she held on for dear life  
 
this was her long time ago  
man who held so much promise  
who had such big dreams beyond  
that pinched glass  
that sent beautiful prisms  
of light onto bare walls  
 
still she chooses  
to chase rainbows  
and butterflies  
dipping her toes in now and again  
to those beautiful depths  
that offer excitement  
where she has learned to float  
softly and not dive too deeply  
where the surrendering  is much  
more peaceful  
and undisturbed  
 
because at one time  
she chose him  
he was all  
she thought she needed  
 
 
.... it was okay to be wrong

 
Written by jemac
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