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Lies 2

“I have something to tell you” he says, “You’re going to hate me.” My breath catches; and I know… “I’m married” …He lied to me. Three incredible months, rooted in lies. “I love you.” How many times did he say it? And I believed him. Felt sorry for him. “Why can’t you love me?” God, how many times have I been hurt? Too many - too much pain; It left me empty. But he cried… cried for me! Those tears they filled me. Wrapped in his arms; as sorrows dripped upon my face. I was so afraid. Icy matrimonial misery had left me with a frozen heart; an empty frigid soul. It comforted me… Knowing that I was broken. I could glory in tangled bodies - never risking pain. I lost myself in him. That never happened to me before. But this was a new me; One who could have a one-night stand. That’s all it was supposed to be. He took my breath away, (I finally knew how women did it) the moment I saw him… I hungered! And oh God, the sex was glorious. The French’s “little death” I died in his arms; was reborn, and died again. I was addicted. How could I have missed this? Before sex had just been fun; this… was earth shattering. And he loved me! I could feel it in the way he caressed me after; Worshiping my body. “You’re so beautiful.” I’d hear it in his words. “I love the gentle swell “ (He called it that) “of your stomach.” But still I wouldn’t let him in. I wouldn’t love him. Why can’t I love him? “I’ll never love anyone.” I have something to tell you he says, You’re going to hate me. My breath catches; and I know… … I lied to myself! Patricia Gibson-Little

Copyright © May 2003 Patricia Gibson-Williams

Additional Notes:
Those of you who know my work may recognize a line from my poem “The Poet” and thou I haven’t found a third “Lies” poem yet many of you already know how the story ends. It just took a lot more lies (the rest were mostly to ourselves) before Joe and I straightened it out. Who knows if there really is a happily ever after, or if we deserve it… but we’re going to try. Patti


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