He stalks me at night
Taunting me until I plead:
Please don’t go
He hides in my mind
Filling in the voids
Thrilling to my desperate need:
Please don’t go
He was not like this
Never so unmoved
Never one to make me beg
To bargain for his heart
Well then, what is this?
Punishment for love?
A puzzle to be solved
So that we can’t be kept apart?
No.
He leaves me at dawn
Tearful and alone
Fearful once but angry now:
Please, just go
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Very poignant.
Love it!
Accessible, powerful and, yes, poignant. Elegant use of rhyme. Thank you for this, Nikki.