Day: May 3, 2018

Changeover

The leaves started
Falling today–
The foliage crunched
Beneath the feet
As if I was stepping
On potato chips
Someone left scattered
On the ground

It reminded me of
That day we went
Looking for a dog
The little girl down
The street had lost

We never did find the dog
But the leaves then
Crunched as they did now
As I stepped on them

It was as if I could
Hear the little girl’s
Heart being crushed when
She realized her dog
Wasn’t coming back

Stray

I’m going to walk away
And leave my heart
Where it wants to stay
Like a puppy left at the pound
To find a new home

I am so mad that
I’ve let myself feel
That a better outcome would reveal
Itself given enough time
For you to wonder about me

But I have been so stubbornly foolish
That things would happily finish
Between us and I wasted months of my life
Thinking that I’m even your type
Waiting for a day that may never arrive

It’s time to forget that I’m even worthy
Of your attention or your time
Because you have gifted me none of that
So far regardless of how many
Wishes I’ve made upon countless stars

I can’t believe I let myself be so naive
That you would even be curious about me
Maybe enough to ask how I have been
On the few occasions we’ve crossed paths
But once again I’ve wrongly mistaken you
For someone I hoped you could be

Now I’ll break myself of the hold
My heart has on you
I can no longer be timid but bold
I’ve lied to myself now I must be true
If I am to be really free

So I’ll hide from the daylight
And mute myself like I did many times before
Tone down my voice despite
Whatever I’m feeling so bravado be no more

Because I’ve been dragged around far too long
Stuck on a hope hopelessly wrong
That once I let you go you’d come back to me