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Disillusioned

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By Heather ScottPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Disillusioned
Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

The beach where you held my hand was sweet;

electric calm between us flowed -

peace like nothing I had known.

I thought you were my man.

Then you stopped talking.

Two days later,

I saw you

stroking

her.

heartbreaksad poetry

About the Creator

Heather Scott

Writing, to keep my sanity and make some sense of the world, while keeping watch over my five children as a single parent.

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