“It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this”…

It’s been over ten years…
She looked almost the same…
He didn’t have the courage…
To even speak her name…
What could he say…
Where would he begin…
So much time has passed…
Since their encounter with sin…

Her eyes hadn’t changed…
But the fire had gone…
She was a pale shadow of…
That temptress of wrong…
So he stood and he watched…
Like the coward he is…
Remembering how it ended…
The hurt that still exists…

How she lured him in…
And he fell into the trap…
Of no strings liaisons…
How she began to attack…
When he backed away…
Realised it was not right…
She demanded much more…
But he slipped out of sight…

And went back to reality…
Leaving her all alone…
But she couldn’t accept it…
Tormented him by phone…
Attacked him for days…
And months through a year…
Before she finally gave in…
And then just disappeared…

It’s now ten years later…
They share the same room…
His feelings returned instantly…
Still it felt much too soon…
So he hid in the shadows…
And just watched from afar…
Hoping she didn’t notice…
Or prise open his scars…

Because they took so long…
To even begin to heal…
Such was his shame…
He didn’t know how to feel…
So he locked it away…
And moved on with his life…
Swearing never again…
To dance with lust’s knife…