He came to me smelling of another woman

He came to me smelling of another woman
Gave me a kiss whose fragrance I knew was never mine
Deceived me into submitting to dreams I thought I never had

Waited for an answer to questions that never came
But stood my ground and kept close to my better half
Sometimes they will make you submit to your wounded heart

Love never gives in places it's never found
Places so familiar you regret why you were
Faithful in slavery to a mind bent on one night stands

He came to me smelling of another woman
But he knew I was the only taste he thought he could never have
I regret the day I introduced him to my mother's love

For he abused the very options that brought me closer to a deeper love
Or is it money and power that corrupts that inner blur
That shines so brightly in a night that's full of gull

I swear he was smelling of another woman
Maybe it was just a dream, made me call him with a heavy heart
A dream in which he smelled of sex with another woman

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Garissa
November 2016