Linda Ori - ! A Blind Eye

I should have seen the signs -
Your need to control all things
Your ego running rampant
You're such an important figure
At least in your own mind;

I thought that I could change you -
Silly me!
Patterns ingrained from long ago
Can only be changed if you desire
What I want is not an option;

You say it's not important
We can rise above these things
The words come easily from your lips
Yet still your body betrays you
And I am under your spell;

No more! Time erases tenderness
Given with a willing heart
Accepted by a greedy lover
Then discarded without a care -
Passion wasted;

Another conquest on your list
How easily they come to you
Brave hearts about to be broken
Still they take the chance
And suffer their demise;

And you remain unscathed
Your ego takes it all in stride
Such petty complications
Yet one day they will take you down
And maybe I will smile;

I should have seen the signs.

7/11/2008

Linda Ori

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