By: Matthew Kram

I love you
You said
As you hung up the phone
Three words that
Thrilled me
Chilled me
To the core
Scared me
To death
But still
I wanted more…

To caress
Every inch of your
Porcelain skin
I never wanted our
Love
To end
For the longest time
I thought
You were
My friend
I should have known
It would
Be this way
In the end.

Drunk with
Your love
Inebriated
By affection
They warned me
Of you but
I didn’t listen
No recollection
Of why
I loved you

But I did.

Under your
Sorceress spell
You swore
You’d never
Leave me
From the way
You talked
I thought
You might really
Need me

Now it’s over
And I can
See clearly
The Devil within
The girl
I held
So dearly.