Embrace Poem by Claire Ann Sansolis

I was tormented by a big fat lie
That I am unwanted and unloved
Created my own ideal world
Pretended I was loved by a man

It started perfect and sweet
Ended in bitterness and fraud
Caught in the selfishness
Caught the ugly intentions

He has the habit of playing on
He was after what he can gain
He has poor convictions
How I hated him in the end

His was a mouth full of flattery
Then disappears in mystery
Leaves me always in the dark
Dropped me mindlessly out of the park

And a twist of realization came
When I saw my pain
When all the while I was throwing pearls to pig
He is not capable of loving

I went back to my young love
Who was faithfully waiting and loving
In the midst of confusion he hugged me
Tightly all night until I was healed.

I am home finally
After a storm had swept me off my feet
Heart broken, but now restored
Eyes wide open to see clearly
The real from fake
The true from a user