Silk Poems

i can't believe
i let you
talk me into this

teaming up
with her
ex-partner
ex-lover
ex-wife

i thought
i was past
the anger
the sorrow
the pain

and then
i let you
go and
do this
to me

i tried to fight
but you wouldn't
listen
not to me
only to her

you said
i was a
fair man
you played
foul

i gave in
you got your way
damn you Harry
for pushing me
into this

and damn me too
for letting you
do it

-jp kraft

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i'm a fool

i should have stayed
with the stupid comb
but no not me
i got scared

when i saw
your reaction
to
his gift

i knew mine
wasn't good enough
not
for you

nothing i do
is
good enough
for you

i know that
in my head
but in my heart
i can't give up

i'm a fool

-jp kraft

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you told me you liked fishing
because we were in the
loving caring giving sharing
phase of our relationship
and you thought it was
what i wanted to hear

i've seen you do that
with lots of other men
research study practice pretend
making yourself into what you thought
they wanted you to be
never being your real self

i wonder now looking back
who it was i married
friend partner confidant lover
or a stranger i didn't know at all
who are you really Cassandra
i don't know do you

-jp kraft

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i found it Cassy
the ring you left
under the pillow
my ring

you told me
you sold it
and you
laughed

why did you lie
why did you keep
my ring
and throw me away

-jp kraft

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