Now that I know
Now that I know,
you're different
and I am cold.
When you talk. I dissect
So I don't unwittingly accept
a lie I can't live with
or a love that's deceptive.
You claim that I'm safe
that you won't betray me in any way
that I won't be a loser
in a game of foul play,
but words do not soothe me
not since you proved
that you love so finitely
and your solemn vows
can lack all sincerity.
So I pay with my peace of mind
while I work past your lying
whilst you've paid for nothing
but the sex you've been buying
but now that I know,
you're different.
About Me
- Elizabeth Manuel
- Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Born Elizabeth Maiden, one of four children, I have written poetry since the age of fourteen, although it didn't occur to me till recently to save or share the things I wrote as I never imagined as a young adult that I I would ever want to share my deepest thoughts with anyone. Now I keep my poems as a sort of shorthand diary of key moments from my life. My hope is that other 'poets' might derive some pleasure and comfort from mutual recognition of feeling expressed here.
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