To My Ex Lover

To my ex lover
So you want to be friends. 
You want to pretend there was never something between us. 
Maybe you never felt like there was. 
But for me, there was. 
I don't know how to talk to you as a friend. 
I only know you as lover, master, one whom I want to please with every fiber of my being. 
I never met you as friend. 
I met you as servant.
I met you as pet. 
I met you as yours. 
Completely. 
So please understand when I fumble my words trying to be your friend because for me this is meeting someone new. 
This is meeting heartbreak and introducing myself as stranger. 
As if we aren't old companions. 
As if you aren't both all too familiar with me. 
As if I never loved you and you never hurt me. 
Again. 
And again. 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

Another old poem about a lost love. Mi genio belle. 

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