Games People Play <br />Date: August 27,2014 <br /> <br />Oh fickle flame, is this a game <br />The fire between you and I <br />Or is it a bane, to cause me pain <br />Was your favor just a lie <br /> <br />You burn so hot, and then you're not <br />In a flash from fire to ice <br />I'm I insane to bear this stain <br />Or to pay your asking price <br /> <br />Oh raging need, you plant the seeds <br />That have ripened in my heart <br />Is the row you hoe, just for show <br />Like a piece of treasured art <br /> <br />Your whispers bite, into the night <br />Of desires as dark as blood <br />Then you take your flight, in rising light <br />While I'm drowning in the flood <br /> <br />Oh precious pet, do you have regrets <br />Of the day you spoke my name <br />Is the fear so great, a burdens' weight <br />Does it cause you grief or shame <br /> <br />I'd never chance, a second glance <br />If your heart is left to bleed <br />With a soul betrayed, I'd walk away, <br />To the loss, I would concede <br /> <br />Oh honey sweet, I am incomplete <br />A corpse without your song <br />Deep in my soul, there'd be a hole <br />Where your love and light belong <br /> <br />But, I'll live this way, for all my days <br />If our flame's not meant to be <br />Oh fickle flame, is this a game <br />Is the fire just teasing me <br /> <br />********************************************* <br />Copyright © 2014 Leria Hawkins, All Rights Reserved<br /><br />Leria Hawkins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/games-people-play-8/
