After-Effects

Some relationships are intoxicating. They grow on you... The trick is to not fall for obsession. The trick is to take a step back and let the chips fall where they may. It is definitely more fun to view the after-effects from afar than be the one who has to pick up the pieces.
Like a see-saw positioned at an awkward angle,
Defying all laws, gravity and inertia
I know that I exhibit
A state of perfect disequilibria;

I stand the mute bystander,
While my life flows by - ebbs and tides
And it hits me with sudden clarity
A tell-tale blush, one that never hides,

I know what ails me,
I know it is You -
Alternating haunting memories, then sedate amnesia,
A pendulum shifting between poison and ambrosia.

I continue to trust You - You have betrayed my before
Yet now I am wiser, I know,

Waking reality and sleeping dreams-
More often than not, differ.

By Sayali Bedekar Patil
Published: 6/7/2009		 Your Contributions: Tell us a Poem! You don't have to be a Buzzle.com author to contribute to Poetry Bee. Submit a poem of your own right now!
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