The rotten scent of your broken promises,
Lingered on my skin,
Smothered my soul,
Brutally marked me inch by inch,
With the thousand lies,
That stemmed from one another,
Truth was a pungent poison,
Love was a panel of misty dreams,
You had lit an inextinguishable fire within me,
To drown out the voice of my mind,
You fearlessly knocked at the door of my heart,
Failed to realize that love was a perilous art,
You laid out an ingenious plan,
Every move brought you only closer,
To reach the shore — the beginning of our dead-end,
A moment you had waited an eternity for,
Oblivious to the love that could have been your abode,
You cherished the lust cradling your soul,
Only to destroy one thing I loved the most,
Ever since my heart had found its way to you,
It ached me to love you more than myself,
But don’t you dare question it my ruthless lover,
Love within me can burn for a lifetime,
I can learn to build the world of my dreams again,
Pain can leave me scars over the years,
The suffering and sacrifices can never go in vain,
These scars are the badges I wear,
So proudly for conquering my fears,
As a proof that I have survived,
That I am breathing and healing,
Most of all that I have made it out alive,
I might never learn to love myself like before,
‘Cause I chose to love a man made only for war.
A Love Trap
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Painful…
May be because it was just a trap, never love.
Virtual-hugs,
-Naima
You have such negative feelings about it. Why is that? I’m not prying into your personal space but was pondering the reason behind the pain.
Maybe it’s the dark’ phase where life washes you over and over again and you are left battling with the tides of emotions that are inexplicable.
Pain has no specific reason I suppose — sometimes it just vists from time to time just for the sake of it. Thank you for your concern, Dakshi. It means a lot and you weren’t prying at all :))
-Naima
The love trap here explains you never let your dreams die. Maybe the ruthless lover was there to help you distinguish the right man 🙂 and the great thing is you conquered your fears 😍😍😍
The best part is taking chances, risking choices and conquering fears. Then you know for sure that there is light at the end of a dark tunnel.
I hope you have a great weekend.
-Naima
I hope so too. .yeah there is light but a bit of tolerance is needed to devour the bitterness of current fears
That’s true — a little bit of courage and patience and darkness will pass (just like that).
-Naima
True 🙂
Genius. Especially how you ended it.
Thank you Ritika ❤
-Naima
Love seems to cause much more pain than do anything else.
Hugs
B
Maybe it has never been love if all it has done is caused pain — just another stepping stone leading to bigger and better things.
Hugs right back,
-Naima
Agreed love 🙂
Beautifully written, but I hope someday you find someone who is wonderful and not ruthless. Cheers.
Thank you, it means a lot.
Kind Regards,
-Naima
there is war in every man, unfortunately.
And some forget to love because they have been so absorbed with the idea of war for so long.
-Naima
you dodged a life full of sorrow.
what war ?
The war of Rage and pride, I suppose.
-Naima
and… even Sun Tzu stated that the best soldiers seek peace.
The best soldiers seek peace from war?
-Naima
A solution without battle is always the best victory
I will keep that in mind (I needed that)
-Naima
the art of war is a good read.
Lovimg such a man is painful but you’re strong and I hope you find the right person who just loves you for love, not for war!
Love ♡
Love is not painful — it’s people who bring the pain. And one can only pain as much as they can endure.
Virtual-hugs,
-Naima
It’s lovely but sad 😦 Have faith. Night is always followed by day 🙂
And that hope keeps us all moving forward. Thank you for dropping by and following. You have a great site yourself.
Kind Regards,
-Naima
Very true Naima and thank you so much for your kind words 🙂 I am glad to have come across you! 😀 You have a great blog!
Best wishes,
Shambhavi
these scars are badges i wear is definitely fitting for all of my past experiences. nicely done