Accidental Poet

Tread Lightly My Dear

 

I must choose these words carefully

So as not to mortally wound

But still to make it perfectly clear

It was you who left our love marooned

 

You ended my heart’s obligation to you

A long time ago

My life is mine to own

This I instinctively know

 

Love is not under your control

It comes and goes as it chooses

It can live forever

But dare not you dictate its uses

 

It seems that these days

Arrogance is now your vice

Three strikes and you’re out

Don’t push me more than twice

 

Please don’t mistake my intentions

For I’ve never wanted to provoke your tears

But still here we are today

So tread lightly my dear

 

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