Distraction Poem by Megan du Toit

All this time has passed between us
My addiction
My obsession
My lust
I long for pain from you
I long for your touch of despair
I wish for the conflict
I wish for the void
My human distraction
My animal infatuation

Now the face of life takes shape
Now what to do with all this hope
This happiness and air of freedom
This haunting of what’s to come
Alone I see what needs to be
No longer what once was you and me

The face of life calls to grab the reigns
The voice of her shows all the signs
With you there was no choice
No lust for life
Nor what she has to offer
With you I was numb
Forever I could be dumb
Forever you the object of my desire
Forever you putting out my fire

To lose you
To walk away
To see who I am really to be
To finally hold and need me
To lose you
To walk away
From my distraction
My infatuation