The Love Motel Poem by Michelle Tiddy

think I've lost faith...
There is no such thing as love
No such thing as the perfect man
Just a bitter-sweet torture
That drives you slowly mad

I give up, I'm on my knees
I have had enough of lies and greed
My roots are crumbling in this earth
Withering and dying, a delicate wing
Broken on this bird

I can't go on, and on, and on
Waiting, ancitipating a dream
That will never be a reality..
If you don't put it in, you don't
Get it out, that's what I want to SHOUT!

I'm turning like a wheel without tread
Lost in this consuming dread
And paralysis of the heart... God!
Why did this ever start.. And just
When will it end, will I survive?

I'm finished with being sweet
With deceit, I just cannot compete
I'm not up to that task, too much
I've given it all, reached out, touched
My heart is broken, all is lost

I am surely going to be
From Narnia, you see, I am going
To give that Ice Queen a run for her money
It's not funny, not anymore, it hurts
And squeezes hope from me

That's it, departure, I'm checking out
Of the Love Motel, the bill's too high
The price too dear, dirty sheets
Filled with grief and blood and fear
Turn the car of life onto the highway

Race towards the lights, music blaring
No more caring, not for me, that's ended
Enough of compassion, comforting and passion
Just, simply, no more to give
It's over, rev the engine, drive away

Not stopping for love hitchikers
Just blowing dust in their face
Hurtling past life, watching
The globe spin alongside time...
That's truly it for me..