Berto Kamp
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Poem "Blackmail":
- published November 9, 2009
- viewed 19 times
Other poems by Berto Kamp:
»A Pottage Man«
»Angel Mother Of Mine«
»Berto's Prayer«
»Blue Car will do«
»Coal Shed«
»Desire«
»Disarray«
»Hunchback«
»Kibera Slum«
»Lamb to the slaughter«
»Life of an Unknown Man«
»Madness of a sane man«
»Man with fish«
»Midnight in Fes«
»Omie 8th of May«
»Piteous sight«
»Possibility«
»Rain«
»The Pot«
»The Silent Nile«
»Torrential Rain«
»Unknown Path«
»Victim Of Prey«
»Zenith«
Visit Berto Kamp's profile page
Poem "Blackmail":
- published November 9, 2009
- viewed 19 times
Other poems by Berto Kamp:
»A Pottage Man«»Angel Mother Of Mine«»Berto's Prayer«»Blue Car will do«»Coal Shed«»Desire«»Disarray«»Hunchback«»Kibera Slum«»Lamb to the slaughter«»Life of an Unknown Man«»Madness of a sane man«»Man with fish«»Midnight in Fes«»Omie 8th of May«»Piteous sight«»Possibility«»Rain«»The Pot«
»The Silent Nile«»Torrential Rain«»Unknown Path«»Victim Of Prey«»Zenith«»Blackmail«
by Berto Kamp
Do not touch me
Leave me alone
I am on my journey that no one knows
Your sweaty hands that when they touch feel like a burning bush
Or a wire brush
Scrapping the skin from my body
Just to satisfy your lust
As you peel away my emotions with this game I thought was trust
You did not care what you did to me
As long as I was the victim and you did succeed
Why did I return time over again?
Surely I could have escaped this blistering pain
Yes there is only one word to describe this game
Blackmail
Emotional blackmail was your bait
You lured me to the disastrous place
Luckily now I can see
Your sickness that became part of me
Forgive I can
Yes you left this land
No longer can you hurt or cause pain
Only those memories will remain
Leave me alone
I am on my journey that no one knows
Your sweaty hands that when they touch feel like a burning bush
Or a wire brush
Scrapping the skin from my body
Just to satisfy your lust
As you peel away my emotions with this game I thought was trust
You did not care what you did to me
As long as I was the victim and you did succeed
Why did I return time over again?
Surely I could have escaped this blistering pain
Yes there is only one word to describe this game
Blackmail
Emotional blackmail was your bait
You lured me to the disastrous place
Luckily now I can see
Your sickness that became part of me
Forgive I can
Yes you left this land
No longer can you hurt or cause pain
Only those memories will remain
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Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe: "Berto, your poem is good enough to unload the load that is loaded in my heart. I hope not only me will get respite from it."- Hettie Van Zyl: "This is a mistake that so many only pay for later.Great words"