Luke Iglesia Poems

I know the facts, I know the truth, but my gut… this - force - tells me that he stole her from me. I look at him and see an evil, but not a great evil. A pathetic worm under my shoe. A worm is more than this man. And this thief went and stole my most precious. But that's not the whole truth.

The truth is, she had left me eons ago - just - not to my face. "I love you" she said. "Together forever" was what I gave her. My forever. "Through thick and thin" we'd promised each other. "In sickness and in health" was the oath I felt prepared to give. I was prepared to sacrifice. But she was not. At least - not the things that would dare to separate us. She'd given up on me eons ago, and I had seen it. In her eyes, in her smile - she faked. She tried. But all she needed was a push elsewhere. I tried to maintain what we had for as long as I can, make the dream last forever, but you've got to wake up sometime.
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