Unwanted Love

UNWANTED LOVE

On a black night long ago

I lost my innocence

and my soul.

When an unwanted lover entered my bed

robbing me of youth

and leaving me dead.

My virginity was taken

in a warm embrace

and an unwanted passion took its place.

Neither love nor passion

could this sinful act be called,

this raping of the mind,

this torture so sublime.

Naked came he into the night

Body scented and taunt

with hands as soft as

the blade of a knife.

With his blades

He cut me sore

slicing deeper ever deeper into my spirit soiled.

No soft words were ever spoken

or kisses ever shared.

Only the constant cutting

of the rapist in his lair.

Gentle moments were not ours

nor could there ever be

for ours was not love

only humility.

The longest nights lasted too long

and tired days followed.

No one knew

No one cared.

While seasons passed during our awful time

I was his

but he never would be mine.

I was trapped in his grasp

for he would not let me go.

One day I faltered in this unholy love

and burdened with desire

 I burned with fire.

Then I stumbled

and I fell.

I hoped that no one would ever know

And hoped no one would tell.

Then as sudden as it had began

It was over like a passing storm.

Our untrue love had ended

but the damage was done

as I would remember every night

of unwanted love.