Poem: Lover

LOVER

I give you my time

My attention.

Affection.

Like a minor fissure in a dam it’s taken time for my feelings to explode.

You are my priority.

Am I yours?

You say sweet words, when it is convenient to you.

You take time, on your schedule.

Never on mine.

You know aspects of the future, yet you make plans that conflict.

Offering excuses.

Saying ‘I don’t know.’

How can I know something when you don’t communicate?

I’ve grown tired of this.

These feelings are new.

Too raw… too much.

You make me feel too much.

I think you are worth it.

When I know that I caused that smile.

But lately,

My affection is turning to rage.

And it’s an old lover I thought I long since banished.