April 30, 2021

The King

by Otis Lee Rodgers (author's profile)

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THE KING

I DON'T SUPPOSE THAT YOU WILL EVER MISS ME
BUT, YOU SEE, MY WHOLE WORLD IS BUILT AROUND YOU
IT WAS MY CHOICE, THAT'S WHERE I WANTED IT BUILT
I ACHE AND LONG FOR YOU, I SWEAR
EVERY FIBRE OF MY BEING IS
TIED IN WITH YOUR EXISTENCE
SOMETIMES AT NIGHT I CRY
AND GET ANGRY WITH MYSELF
FOR BEING SO FOOLISH
AND I CRY
AND I WONDER
WHAT DID YOU EVER REALLY GIVE ME
WHAT SPELL DID YOU CAST
AND OUT OF DESPERATION, DESPAIR AND FRUSTRATION
AND FROM A LACK OF A MORE SUITABLE ANSWER -
I CRY
AND I FEEL SO HOPELESSLY HELPLESS
BECAUSE NO MATTER WHO WANTS ME
I STILL NEED AND WANT YOU
SO I CRY
BUT TODAY SOMETHING MIRACULOUS AND WONDERFUL
CAME OVER ME
IT OBSESSED ME
IT TOOK ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF ME
AND IT FELT GOOD, FOR ONCE
TO FEEL SOMETHING BESIDES WANTING YOU
AND THIS FEELING HUNG OVER ME
AND TOLD ME
THAT YOU WERE NO LONGER
A PART OF THE PROBLEM
NOR ANY PART OF THE SOLUTION
AND I FELT A POWERFUL SENSE OF RELIEF
BUT I WAS SKEPTICAL
AND THE FEELING PERSUADED ME
THAT TALKING AGAINST YOU WAS POINTLESS
PRETENDING DISCONCERN AND INDIFFERENTS WAS USELESS
BEGGING YOUU TO STAY WAS SENSELESS
BUT LOVING YOU IN SPITE OF IT ALL WAS SELFISH
AND I GLOW
SO, AT THIS POINT, I FELT NO PAIN
I . FEEL NO REGRET
THERE ARE NO ARGUMENTS
GOING ON WITHIN MYSELF
NOW, I AM FINALLY AT PEACE
AND IT IS ALL BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT I HAVE GIVEN ALL OF MYSELF
AND THEN SOME
AND MIRACULOUSLY I HAD ENOUGH LEFT OVER
TO SALVAGE MYSELF
AND IT IS ALL TO CLEAR TO ME
THAT, INSTEAD OF YOU
DESERVE YOUR PLACE ON THE PEDESTAL
I EARNED IT WHILE IT WAS SIMPLY GIVEN TO YOU
BUT IT WAS MY CHOICE, I WANTED YOU TO HAVE IT
AND YOU ARE EVER SO FOOLISH TO EVER DREAM
THAT ANOTHER OR GREATER LOVE WILL EVER COME AROUND AGAIN
IN YOUR LIFETIME
BECAUSE IT WON'T
BUT YOU ENJOYED IT WILE YOU HAD IT
AND I WILL DIE AND BE NAMED A "MARTYR
BECAUSE IT SUDDENLY DAWNED ON ME

" WHY SHOULD I MOURN FOR YOUR LOST

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