i can tell you about every boy
who’s ever held a piece of my heart
in his hands:
I. my first love (or so i thought):
the one who sang all the right notes
and kissed all the right places,
sending my body a-humming,
the one whose goodbye
sounded like a sweet melody,
the one who had me believing
i had stopped the music,
that i was at fault
II. the one that never really saw me:
always looking over my head
to the next best thing,
always full up with big city dreams
and castles in his skies
III. the boy who couldn’t pick me
out of an empty room:
the one who grabbed my hand
and held so tight
that i almost forgot it hurt,
the one who left and came back
like nothing had changed
when i tried my hardest to forget,
when i’d promised myself
to never be a second choice again
IV. my one-night stand:
the one i’d spent years
daydreaming of and, in minutes,
had reduced me to half my size,
because i thought love existed
somewhere within the thread count
or in the feeling of the cotton,
the silk, against my bare legs
V. you:
but our story hasn’t ended yet,
only just beginning,
and if i could pick up every penny
off of every sidewalk,
i would,
just to toss them all over my shoulder
into a wishing well
and make our forever come true