Callused hands travel over ashy skin
While chapped lips write words of love
using a sandpapered tounge
The smell of dead roses fill the air
and the candles flame flickers and dies
Sweat stained bodies on black silk sheets
THE IMPERFECT LOVE
They find beauty in each others flaws
A hoarse voice repeats whispers of neverlasting feeling
while a shattered heart pounds against cracked ribs
Blind eyes meet filled with fragments of anticipation
while deaf ears listen in
Off key music sets the mood for another selfish surrender
A silent conversation full of meaningless words
The glass lays half empty
while dying of a thirst nothing can quench
Imagining the escape from
bittersweet kisses and candy coated lies
A broken heart stutters
while a hoarse voice whispers words of
IMPERFECT LOVE
But at least the love is real
© 2006 BeTrAyEd
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