This poem, by Maggie Bachler, was the winner of the poetry category in our Love Stinks writing contest.<\/p>\n
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She does not love me, no not at all<\/p>\n
She does not care, whether I fade nor fall<\/p>\n
A cold, cruel succubus; her kiss never gazed my lips<\/p>\n
I drank a cup of poison and, unfortunately, I live<\/p>\n
In an internal suffering, the sweet juice was so comforting<\/p>\n
A salty, soured, to be devoured<\/p>\n
Jewel I find, I want for mine<\/p>\n
Soothing touch, it shuddered to come<\/p>\n
Never was mine, though it was refined<\/p>\n
It was a devil, or demon I could not harness<\/p>\n
And so for that, I drew the carcass<\/p>\n
Out of a cold, chilling after nighmare<\/p>\n
For which I could not awake, I swear<\/p>\n
The grave burnt deeply, the grave burnt bright<\/p>\n
Our of a shuddering, sinister delight<\/p>\n
It heated in me, so effortlessly<\/p>\n
A strong resentment I did not want to name ‘jealousy’<\/p>\n
For you, for me, I wish them well<\/p>\n
But another part is bruised and swelled<\/p>\n
For while she was fair, I was scared<\/p>\n
And while she was confident, I was unaware<\/p>\n
How he stared at her, to love her so<\/p>\n
I threw myself on pity’s grave that hid my woes<\/p>\n
And there I died; a part of me inside<\/p>\n
I know I could not win, there was nowhere left to hide<\/p>\n
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