Puzzle

My mind is like an intricate maze,
For you and I keep losing our way
When it comes to the topic of pain.
You watch my tears fall like rain;

Big, fat drops, streaming down my face,
You delve deep into my thoughts and race
To fix the broken well of desperate emotion;
Ironic that it is you that caused this commotion.

You want me to forget his soft touch,
Throw away the memories and push
Away his name, his self, his being.
You want me to carry on seeing

Your face when I talk to you, but
I am yet to look at you and shut
Out his beautiful face before me
And I cannot even muster a sad, selfless, sorry.

I remember when he and I first met;
Within one amazing month I was in debt
To him, for he loved me like no man
Ever had, ever could, ever will. But you ban

Him from my heart, forbid him entry
As you stand between us, a sentry
To my love. I feel him in the night,
When you take his place and I bite

And scratch as you learn to please
My insatiable appetite, as you tease
Me into submission of your game,
But in my head I’m not screaming your name.

Two pieces of a picture-perfect jigsaw puzzle;
He would finish, clean up, roll over and nuzzle
Into my neck, breathe in my scent and softly
Whisper ‘I love you’, and kiss me gently.

Me and him, we fit together; snug
Entwined every way as I lean in for a hug,
You and I, and I say this smirking,
I’m just not into you, this isn’t working.