A poem about mistakes in love |
She never knew what it was she wanted So he left And then she knew And she knew it was too late They agreed to burn bridges, sever ties, and forget But she was a liar and he liked to pretend That it wasn't real so it couldn't hurt him She was a well-practiced liar and He'd become so damn good at pretending So they forgot Or they tried to Each had succeeded in their goal to convince the other they'd forgotten Him for her sake Her for her sake She was selfish when it came to her heart He was stupid when it came to the fairer sex And they constructed the most fantastic mistake She wanted him to make up his mind He thought he already had but She didn't like his decision He didn't want to hurt her She wanted to get hurt She wanted him He didn't know Because she lied Because she was a terrific, horrific, magnificent liar But how could he not know? She tried to tell the truth He pretended not to know and he didn't know who's sake he pretended for anymore And they got tangled in a net of deceit Both ignoring their ultimate desire to tear the net and lie together Both living off of their skewed perceptions Perceptions formed from believing what they didn't want to hear And saying what she thought he wanted to hear And saying what he thought she needed to hear They were playing a game Rolling the dice Making a move She was paranoid of taking chances so she played it safe He tried so desperately to let her win Because her success would be his as well She didn't notice his style of play Until he'd given up and thrown the board against the wall And when the board flies Both teams lose Both teams lost And still she sits on the floor long after the game ended Calculating her next move Fantasizing strategies that would result in her favored outcome Running everything through her head that might still allow her to win A smile still rested between her nose and chin because It wasn't until she heard the faint click of the dice on cardboard That she realized the game was over And he was playing a new game with someone else And she sat on the floor for hours Unable to stand up |