DMACC Creative Writing Guild

Bittersweet

From the outside looking in
Everything’s a glowing dream
Things are not always as they seem
But from the inside looking out
Is where the truth finally comes about
And rears its ugly head.
There is no certain beauty in truth.
Love is Bittersweet

Even love is not a triumph
But a broken down horn
That plays out of tune
Like a voice weeping
Bitterly in the morning
After a wedding.
Tears do not go with weddings.
There should be room
only for laughter
And deepest joy
Love is Bittersweet

There is always something
to ruin the apple’s sweetness
There is always a poison after the joy
Always a worm hidden in the leaves
Sickening every pleasure
With a bitter laugh
Saying it won’t last
And it stings,
because it’s the truth.
Love is Bittersweet

I think I will always find
That I am not enough
To fill anyone,
There is not enough of me
to fill the void
I can only go so far.
Even though every day
I die a little more
Because I am drinking poison
As if it were a sweet wine.
And I can bind your wounds
But I cannot bear all the pain.
Bittersweet, like the berries on the bush
Sweet, but reeks of venom
Dripping sweetly down like nectar.
Love is Bittersweet.

Even though you give me
Your pain like a gift
And I keep it, close,
and let it gnaw my heart
The darkness is too dark
for me to light alone.
I struggle to keep my thoughts from
Harrowing hope, and eating dawn.
Oh, My God, what endless anguish!
My road is dark;
the sun comes out but seldom
to what light shall I turn?
Will the story end in peace?
I believe in happy endings
But life is not a fairy tale
Love is Bittersweet