A circle, simply a circle
Worn everyday, in the same spot
With the same meaning as the first day.
A visual reminder of the love and devotion between two people.

I do; two words
Spoken between two people whose hearts don't belong to themselves
But instead to the other.
A verbal confirmation of mutual love.

300,000; a number
The price of the two who said I do
To start the life dreamed of together.
A physical devotion to a life with each other.

Their life together continues; like the simple circle
Worn everyday, in the same spot
With the same meaning as the first day.
The love and devotion remains.

Distruction,
     Chaos
Trust no more- unit of shambles.
Words meaningless,
     I do...I lie.

Love gone wrong or love given wrong?
Who is an onlooker to decide?
Family or foe?
     Both fit this scenario.

A home filled with bodies
     Some fake emotions
As full of life as a graveyard,
     A moment of unison and then gone.

When does the fighting subside?
When he admits he's wrong,
          When she admits she's wrong,
                    When they admit they're both wrong,
                              When they admit alcohol isn't the solution?
Never realizing the most deadly family killer isn't another come into the picture,
     But instead a little clear liquid taken ten times a day.

One.........Two
     One, Two, Three
One.........Two
     One, Two, Three
Everything has a rhythm
     A time and place
If you don't listen closely it can easily be missed.
We both listened closely to what we heard
     And found that our hearts beat as one.

One Two Three
One Two Three
We moved together,
     As close as can be.
Our heat radiating off the other
     Bodies pressed together.

One.........Two
     One Two
One.........Two
     One Two
The heat rising off the other
     Makes us want more.
Laying there together,
     Kissing and holding.

You never liked me,
          not even from the start.
Nothing I could do would change your mind,
     I was always just a step.
          A blemish to the "perfect unit".

You didn't try to stop it when I almost drowned...
Part of me feels you would have enjoyed it.
          No more unwelcome guest to dinner.
My birthday was almost always forgotten,
     Like you didn't want to think of another year of me.
The holidays were always long and sad,
     You never wanted me there, I might ruin something.
          In your eyes I already had.
My academic status meant nothing,
You're a trade family-I didn't fit in.

What did I do?
I tried to fit in,
     To be one of the family,
          To get you to like me.
All my attempts were met with a frown and turn of the head.
So I gave up and just went of being myself.

You're in the hospital now...and I feel nothing.
I hope you get better, I really do.

But while I don't hate you...
                  I dont't love you either.

Why did you shut me out?
You said I don't talk to you enough,
          But how do I keep a conversation going...
                    when the only response I get is "cuz" and "k"?

What did I do to lose you in my life?
You're my father biologically;
          You use to be my father physically as well.

Our conversations...
          "How are you?"..."I'm good. You?"..."k"
You helped raise me for god sake,
                    And I feel more a stranger to you than the guy down the street.

I have longed to have you back in my life;
          The way things use to be.
"Lets go throw a football" turned into hours of fun.
          Now I get a smile on my face when you wave to me while we drive...
                    ...in opposite directions...

I bet you couldn't tell me what's new in my life-
Maybe you stopped caring...or maybe she won't let you care.
Sad part is that either way you're allowing it.

I keep being told that you're losing out by not being there.
You've already missed my graduation and surgery...
          What's next?
I''m losing out on the time I could be spending with you.

How many baseball games have we missed going to?
          Or even just sitting down and talking.
I'm not asking for much...at least I don't believe I am.

A child should be allowed to want their father in their lives.
I've had to learn how to grow up without you now.
All the bike rides, talks, games played have been filed away,
          In the past...
                              ...where my dad truly is...

You took my heart and broke it in two;
What did I do to deserve that from you?

My heart was yours,
As was my body.
Anything you wanted I would give.

So you took what I had to offer
And eventually found that I wasn't enough.
I got hurt in the end even though I offered so much.

Now I'm moved on
And there isn't anything for you to do.
I'm done with your crap
Before I have another anxiety attack over you.

I still care, that much is true.
But I also need to love and be loved
For that is what I was born to do.

I've found someone new who loves me for me.
And I hope you do the same,
Becasue I want you also to be happy.

How is it that you’ve fallen for me;
                                      That I’ve fallen for you?
All these questions – swirl in my head.

I don’t know how everything will play out,
                                                   If there will be a happy end,
                                                        Or where all the pieces lie.

Here I sit in the middle of a storm,
                                                          ­ The wind and rain pound on my window.
Lights flicker as I write this in partial dark;
                                                           ­               And yet I think of you.

There are few things that make sense in my life,
                                                           ­  So many questions that need to be answered;
                                                       ­                                                              All I know are the simple truths.

I bared up my heart ... you found the key,
                                   I built a wall around myself ...  you found the gate.
I want no more or less than continue this path with you.
                                    You have my heart in all the ways possible.
I tell you this now – even though it took longer than you.

I truly love you.