Make Believe Love

By Lisa Vicious

Integrity, intangible, a miracle….
Letters written but never sent for blue eyes only to read what I really meant,
in between the lines, the lies, and the pain
lived a girl who loved you ,
A girl hell bent on being a woman.

All the pills and the booze and the choices made wrong,
the trauma, the stomach pumping, the flow -
of falling in love with falling in love,
is getting old.

I gave you my heart, you kept it in a jar -
pickled with my tears like Chicago rain,
do you remember that night we met?
You sucker-kissed me and the room began to spin,
I’d give a lifetime of truth for you to pretend you love me again.

There are days I wish we never met.

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© 2005 Lisa Vicious
Published on Tuesday, October 25, 2005.     Filed under: "Love" and "Poetry"
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  • Dissolving Poet On Friday, June 2, 2006, Dissolving Poet (564)By person wrote:

    Aww this just hurt me so badly, sorry that you had to feel this pain. It had a good tune to it, it was full of sorrow and it nipped into your soul... ~nightly

  • A former member wrote: wrong comment srry| | V

  • A former member wrote: So let me get this right you sacrifice a good thing while its not to good to save your self from the really really bad stuff that might happen? sort of sad but i know where your coming from.

  • A former member wrote: *contd* the wrong word. That your tears should serve as the preservative in that jar is a wonderful irony.

  • Lisa Vicious On Wednesday, October 26, 2005, Lisa Vicious (6)By person wrote:

    Thank you.... I have to say the more I read it the more I like it as well, finally something so personal I can deal with.

  • A former member wrote: Wow. Insanely passionate. I don't think there is much else to say. It does a magnifencent job of knocking the reader to the floor in no time at all. I love the imagery of a pickled heart, and i think it does wonders to express the loneliness--no that's

  • glasshouse On Wednesday, October 26, 2005, glasshouse (548)By person wrote:

    "I gave you my heart, you kept it in a jar - pickled with my tears like Chicago rain" I loved this piece. I related in a lot of ways. It was simple but sincere and powerful. Good job. I like your style. -Glass

  • Lisa Vicious On Wednesday, October 26, 2005, Lisa Vicious (6)By person wrote:

    Thank you.

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