Vintage Lies

 

 

They weren't particularly clever

the words you laid before me

yet I was blind to your endeavor

to lure me out to sea

 

I hadn't time to raise my guard

so quick and earnest you appeared

I gave my safety no regard

as the shoreline disappeared

 

I basked in adoration

in the gentle waves of your caress

you spoke with such elation

I saw no reason for distress

 

our future seemed so flawless

as we swam together in bliss

me on the back of your promise

tenderly sealed with a kiss

 

cerulean waters and crystalline dreams

white freesia breezes on our skin
is love as simple as it seems,

or did it ever really begin?

 

your presentation, so appealing

was intended for different eyes

to win back another's feelings

you hooked me with your vintage lies

 

treading water, I was suddenly alone

not knowing why you had gone

all your lies turned to stone

and I struggled through the dawn

 

I called for you, begging to know why

but you were nowhere to be found

you couldn't even say goodbye

you just left me there to drown.

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  September 24, 2017

 

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This was written for Blogophilia

Week 31.10 topic:  Vintage Lies

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pets): Incorporate a lyric front the rock group Genesis *

Easy (1 pt): Include a scent (freesia breezes, fifth stanza)

 

* "Because you never said goodbye"

from the song More Fool Me)

(last stanza, and I paraphrased the lyric)