Games People Play Poem by Leria Hawkins

Games People Play
Date: August 27,2014

Oh fickle flame, is this a game
The fire between you and I
Or is it a bane, to cause me pain
Was your favor just a lie

You burn so hot, and then you're not
In a flash from fire to ice
I'm I insane to bear this stain
Or to pay your asking price

Oh raging need, you plant the seeds
That have ripened in my heart
Is the row you hoe, just for show
Like a piece of treasured art

Your whispers bite, into the night
Of desires as dark as blood
Then you take your flight, in rising light
While I'm drowning in the flood

Oh precious pet, do you have regrets
Of the day you spoke my name
Is the fear so great, a burdens' weight
Does it cause you grief or shame

I'd never chance, a second glance
If your heart is left to bleed
With a soul betrayed, I'd walk away,
To the loss, I would concede

Oh honey sweet, I am incomplete
A corpse without your song
Deep in my soul, there'd be a hole
Where your love and light belong

But, I'll live this way, for all my days
If our flame's not meant to be
Oh fickle flame, is this a game
Is the fire just teasing me

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