When bitterness persists...

You crawled on your belly to me

And I mistook that for humility

There was tenderness amidst your cruelty

I mistook that for sincerity

In this world of conveniences

When did we become disposable?

Do you remember what love felt like

As you uttered it in haste

Do you remember how it felt

To be honest and sincere

When were you vulnerable

When you were real

Were you ever?

Buried down

In the catacomb of your soul

Your intensity fizzles

Your piety pretended

Take a bow

The stage is yours

My favorite actor

So immense and limited

Flooding then droughting

Leaving me gasping

Leaving me aching