Poems: "You're Sweet" & "Two Betrayals"

You're Sweet

“You’re Sweet”
Like a fruit
Although perhaps not ripe enough
Perhaps too bruised
And you’re set down and passed by for another

“You’re sweet”
But who can live off of desserts?
It’s the main course that they crave;
Salty, spicy, seasoned…
Perhaps you’re merely the treat to make it all go down easier

“You’re sweet”
…and so unhealthy to the system
Rotting them with cavities, weighing them down
You give them that rush
Just before they crash

“You’re Sweet”,
The words becomes bitter;
The compliment meant to raise you up
Upon some pedestal
Feels more like Cross, hanging upon it in weakness

Two Betrayals

Locked in a love jail
I was liberated by betrayal
Breathe the air, feel the sunshine
I carelessly rejoiced in a bitter splendor

I found it easy to forgive my foe
Loved when I let go
Despite all we’d been through
You’d think I’d be left deeply wounded

My tranquility was disturbed by bliss
My happy solitude ruined by affection and a kiss
I dared to believe to venture so high
Only to fall below that peace into ruin

How brief I had to grow fond of you
Though you cleanly cleaved my heart in two
And yet how long I wasted with the other one
I feel no pain from her as though I never loved at all

I have no one to blame but myself
For I took the risk

But where can I find honesty?
Where can I find the one?
How will I know if they care?