20151214: Love Should Be A Thing You Do

Love Should Be A Thing You Do

Love should be a two way game -

I've said this again and again;

Love should be a thing you do,

Not just a thing you say.

But I'm beginning to believe -

I've come to accept -

That you don't know 

How it goes.

So why do you want to change me,

Control me, direct how I think and dress?

With whom did you fall in love -

The real me or the one you want to possess?

Do you really want a wife

Who is depressed and distressed 

At the misery of her life?

And you'd use the threat of leaving

To keep me obedient;

But every day you'd say those words

You cried wolf so often -

It had the effect of softening 

The impact of the threat -

So when you actually carried it through,

I was glad to see the last of you!!

My eyes have been opened,

My hearing has been sharpened,

By watching and listening to you,

I was immensely disheartened 

By your corruption

Of the meaning of love.

You've burnt too many bridges,

Cried wolf too many times,

Threatened, blustered, nagged,

Sulked and abused;

But now it has no impact.

It merely amuses -

Because, as I say, again,

Love should be a two way game. 

14 Dec 2015