By chance it all came to happen, <br />Or perchance it was a twist of fate; <br />Plucking a flower before it doth ripen: <br />Able for a want to no longer wait. <br /> <br />Once, two overlapping hearts, <br />Crossed paths for good or ill; <br />And no matter when one heart departs: <br />It comes back unfulfilled still. <br /> <br />It seems that in all our nights together, <br />Other thoughts have haunted yet my head; <br />No, it's not guilt, nor a wanted glimmer, <br />That could've stopped this shaken bed. <br /> <br />I strive for a moment of peace, <br />Or perhaps, alas, a moment of pleasure; <br />You long for a fleeting fleece: <br />From that for long's been robbed treasure! <br /> <br />It matters not the promises made: <br />To hang on through thick and thin; <br />As every thrust leads love to fade, <br />And kindles quite the disgust within. <br /> <br />It's supposed to be an act of love, <br />Not anger, nor a disguised revenge; <br />But it seems with every thrust you shove <br />Me farther to your innocence avenge. <br /> <br />Have we been pure before? I doubt; <br />Yet still we were filled with regrets: <br />Knowing we were wandering about, <br />Thinking, 'This is as good as it gets! ' <br /> <br />I think it was the lack of choice: <br />That made us drive our souls to hell, <br />Or the long for warmth to, though fake, rejoice, <br />Or the hope to fill that void beneath the shell. <br /> <br />And finally when we came face to face, <br />With the fact that this act's all what we do: <br />It only looked like another fall from grace, <br />And the fog cleared from a long due adieu. <br /> <br />I lie mourning, with not just dirty hands, <br />The false feelings and times untrue, <br />And the fact that all my One-Night Stands, <br />Unfortunately, were always with you!<br /><br />Danny The Dreamer Boyd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/one-night-stands-2/
