I saw the game...
I knew not of what it entailed and
I knew nothing of its dangers or its repercussions.
All I knew was that
I wanted to play
The game.
The player was already there.
He was my opponent, you see?
He said that it’s one fall and it starts when we have
Agreed
To the terms and conditions; to the do’s and don’ts.
And boy did these rules have a lot of
You will and you won’t.
I looked him in the eye and smiled
As if I’d played this game for years.
He smiled slyly because he knew that when
This game was over...
I’d be the one in tears.
Him in front of me. Me in front of him.
Leaning closer he said,
“First one to fall...loses. In other words,
When you fall...
I’m going to win.”
I laughed and shook my head.
Naive I may have been but I was not his
Prey.
I was in for this game and I was going to be there
To stay.
We shook hands and kissed with our lips.
His hands around me and then on my hips.
Butterflies already blooming from the cocoons
In my adolescent tummy.
“It’s just a game!”
My dear rescue said. My dear life-saver...
My brain.
Hours turned to days and
Days turned to weeks.
As the game went by my strength lowered
As I became weak...weak...weak.
I was losing... I could feel it.
How’d I know this game was such hectic ****?
He loved me like he meant it; I bought it like
He really did.
Little did I realize...this was his killer trick.
With the force like no other and the snap of
A Beast,
He tore my heart out and now...
No longer does it beat.
I saw the game... I thought I wanted to play.
I played the game and now I sit here
Shattered today.
He walked away victorious; even said
“I told you so”.
I played the game. I lost.
I lost my dignity; I lost my pride.
I can’t find anything to make this pain subside.
But in the midst of all this hurt and all these woes...
Inside me a little light glimmers.
I may have lost...and I may be burned.
But I know that I have grown.
This was just a mere
Lesson Learned.
