Your Lips

He lied to me . . . said cruel things

I shall not ever forget
The soft warm sweetness
Of your lips,

Even though, as time went by,
They said cruel hateful
Things to me.

Things that hurt my heart and made
Me turn from you and
Then from life.

And I came to know those lips
Were unfaithful and
Cold as ice.

And I learned how easy
It was for those lips
To hurt me.

But I have lips too and I
Have told yours to leave
For always.

And I will talk to others
Who are loving nad
Have warm lips.

I'll walk in the sunshine and
Forget I knew you.
If I did.