Once
You know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you know that something you cherished, is over! Hurts like hell doesn’t it. You have been betrayed, and you know that you are going to spend the rest of your life alone because you will never be able to trust another person as long as you live. The pain will never go away. It always does, of course, but at the time - ouch! No cure! Next to bereavement, I think betrayal is the worst pain in the world. If you have been betrayed, (and, how many of us haven’t?) you will know what I mean. This poem is about how you will be feeling. I hope things soon get better for you.
Once.
By Amanda Jay Clark.
Once, blue was my
favourite colour.
Now, it’s the way that I feel.
Life circling out of control,
On an ever spinning wheel.
Once, love was my
favourite emotion.
Now, it doesn’t exist any more.
Gone from the face to the planet.
It’s only a tennis score.
Once, you were my
favourite person.
But, I don’t feel that any more.
Since love flew out of the window,
And sorrow walked in through the door.
Once, you were my
reason for loving.
Now, you’re my reason to hate.
Trust can never be recaptured,
Loneliness if my fate.
Once, two was my
favourite number.
Your happiness was top of my list.
Then, you had to go and destroy us.
Now, I’m a soloist.
Once, you were
all I believed in.
I know now, that you’re a fake,
No more do I dream of togetherness,
I just have nightmares while I’m awake!
Once, is protected by copyright, and remains the property of the author, Amanda Jay Clark.