Do I love you? <br />Yes, of course <br />I do. <br />Did I always? <br />Yes, of course <br />I did. <br />It's when <br />you ask: <br />' Then, why? ', <br />that I can <br />give no answer. <br /> <br />I simply did <br />what I had to do. <br /> <br />I told the lies <br />and whispered <br />the bitter-sweet <br />nothings <br />you needed to hear <br />and acted the roles <br />and painted the smiles <br />on the masks <br />I had to wear <br />that covered <br />the pains. <br /> <br />I built the sets <br />which you needed <br />to walk through <br />in order for you <br />to stay with me. <br /> <br />For, it was always <br />about the whys <br />and not the lies. <br />It was never the lines <br />but what's between, <br />where the meanings died. <br /> <br />All that smoke <br />and all those mirrors <br />and the mirages <br />I needed to make <br />appear........ <br />all for you <br />and never for me. <br /> <br />We had to dance <br />The Dance, <br />that grand <br />Dance of Deceits. <br />It's what gives <br />the life which <br />gives no damn <br />about our hows, <br />whens, <br />and, of course, <br />our whys. <br />Mike Acker<br /><br />Mike Acker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/do-i-love-you-15/
