No Escape Poem by Brian Hinckley

I spin and twist
Trying to break away.
Images of you
Chase me eternally.

You are always with me
While at work or home.
You are always watching me
Every time I kiss her.

Her lips should taste
Of the love I should feel.
Her lips taste of yours,
And the love you have stolen.

I travel the world
Trying to forget you.
You follow me like a specter,
Your memory haunting my every move.

I can’t forget you
And I never wanted to,
But I need to move on
Please release my heart.

I bounce from person to person,
Measuring them against you.
None meet what I feel for you,
Those close to it I push away.

Pausing to breath,
I know the truth.
I blame you,
But I was the one who left.

The guilty
Make the first move.
Now I live with it,
And the punishment I created.