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Poetry: I used to be

I used to be the one you called

The one you loved the best

Love we shared, that never palled,

Was sweeter than the rest.

But bitter came the taste of lies

That summer day you left

Lying on a bed of sighs

I cried, distraught, bereft.

Now comes the lonely icy shore

And comes the clifftop ledge

Why did you have to close that door

And drive me to the edge?

I used to be in love with you

You made me feel so right

I used to be but am no more

Now every day's a fight.

Once I was a happy man

And you were all I needed

But now I'm just the also-ran

Betrayed, abused, defeated.

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