White Lies (Poem)

White Lies

I understand your fear
of being trapped by love.
You’ve been hurt before,
but you can’t get enough.
I’m to whom you turn when you want to be free.
A couple of white lies and you’ve got me.

As the incense slowly burns to an end,
as the smoke softly dances ‘round my head,
as the candles flicker on the wall,
it takes so very little and I fall.
As you say that I’m the only one,
I realize it’s just one night of fun.
And to my shame, I’m the only one to blame.

You know just what to do
to get my will to fall.
You’ve hurt me before,
and I put up this wall.
But still, I turn to you when I think you’re free.
I tell myself white lies, and you’ve got me.

As the incense slowly burns to and end,
as the smoke softly dances ‘round my head,
as I admit to myself, unwillingly,
that tomorrow you will walk away from me.
As you say that I’m the only one,
I realize it’s just one night of fun.
And to my shame, I’m the only one to blame.