Love .. and then some ...

Betrayal

“It was just a kiss”, he said. “She means nothing to me”.

She sobbed till she was sick.

Then she let it go; forgave his transgression and told him she still cared.

In turn, he apologized and said he didn’t deserve her.

He left her in a week.

Blind

She loved it when he held her hand. She loved him.

She looked into his smiling face, his beautiful eyes.

She could never see any further or read his thoughts.

“He doesn’t love you,” they told her. “He never will”.

They didn’t know him. He must love her, he held her hand, didn’t he?

Façade

She was madly in love. Her world revolved around him.

He was oblivious of her feelings, or chose to be.

She watched women throw themselves at him.

He laughed at them.

She laughed along, and cried herself to sleep at night.

Malice

They were all around, bodies entwined, glistening skin, glazed eyes. Snake like, with vile forked tongues.

They didn’t understand her. She wasn’t like the rest. Open yet aloof. Seemingly untouched. Not wanting to be touched.

“She must be frigid”, they said.

“Venom only kills when its inside”, she replied.

Mirth

His jokes always made her smile. They weren’t particularly good, but he had a way of amusing her, making her happy.

He made her laugh and forget the world around.

Her smile wasn’t as pretty as another’s. Neither was she.

He chose well. She bears him no ill.

And his jokes, they still make her smile.