This is an unlovely ode to bad relationships. It is also for all those still tempted to give toxic relationships chance number 2 and 3 and God forbid even more. May you keep moving ahead, above, beyond.
That gaze was just too intense
My head felt like a beaten egg
Yolks and white all combined
To give me wishy-washy legs
I was usually in control
My heart never rested on my sleeve
But that stare, your yen laid bare
Made my ribs into a sieve
And so my sage old heart popped out
Of its latticed bulwarked den
It leaped gaily down my arm
And upon my sleeve I wore it then
It leaped and skipped all the while
That you sat to my left
I tried to brush it off my arm
But my heart dodged me, it was deft
By and by it took up the song
Of new love, brazen and bold
My thrumming blood picked up the tune
As it danced in its venous folds
I felt my eyes light up like stars
My face catch on wild fire
As you cast your eerie spell
Of infatuation and desire
The rest as they say is history
It doesn’t behoove my gentle pen
To transcribe and eternalize
Chapters closed with an amen!
Like loaded missiles, your eyes today
Once again bore into me
That day I was the prey you sought
But today I am armed to my teeth
That gaze is just deception cold
It’s so clear, now I can see
As back it kicks and ricochets
Into the desert of your being.
Mahvash Mohtadullah 