What I Gave
I gave you everything
All that I possessed
You took my heart
Grasping it with disdain
Inflicting pain
What did you gain?
You squeezed with greed
The final drops
To quench your burning thirst.
You took what I gave
And made me your slave.
I gave you everything
All my inner self
You took my soul
Moulded it to your taste
With utmost haste
You chose to waste
Within your claws
In frenzied mood
You stuck relentless fangs.
You took what I gave
And made me your slave.
I gave you everything
All my reasoning
You took my mind
Stripping it to the ground
With deaf'ning sound
Ripped all you found
Insatiable
To nourish needs
To fit your scheming plans.
You took what I gave
And made me your slave
Forever.
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3 rd July 2014
Contest: What I Gave
Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper
Placing: 5th
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