Inconvenient Truths and Lies
Lie
You are the best thing that's ever happened to me
Lie
When we met , the first time I laid eyes on you,
I knew we were meant to be
Truth
The way your eyes slid across my skin
Like you never saw me
Because you never saw me
You just saw stages and marques
A name in an unforgiving light
Lie
My heart never molded to another's.
Never held pulse to throat.
Never held on for dear life, as you
Bent me perfect
Never happened
Truth
The way I said your forever
Sounded like a back handed compliment
Lie
The way you never doubted
as you doubted my fidelity
my forked tongue
my you are the only one for me mentality
So it is in fact
My fault
My eagerness to meet your needs
They way I anticipated your desires
And who the fuck makes reservations anymore
That way I gave you space
Never crowded you in
Trusted you at your word
Ignored our shiny brokenness
As we left parts of us in public places
Our impressions knifed into narrow minds
I'm so glad we never called this love (lie)
Never kissed it on the mouth (lie)
Never let the moon catch us bathing in her rays
All sweat and salt (lie)
Our skin never found our rhythms (lie)
And the light
Stayed off the entire time (lie)
We both knew that
Only those truly in love
Make love with the lights on (truth)
So aren't you relieved to know
This was not love (lie)
I am
Relieved (lie)
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