I'm a MAN.

A rugby-playing,
Football-loving,
Pie-eating
MAN.

A nerdy t-shirt wearing,
Glasses bearing,
Bad-teeth faring
MAN.

A sad,
Lonely,
Little
MAN.

A nice-dressing,
Debonair-looking,
Smooth-talking
MAN.

A rose-giving,
Hotel-whisking,
Loving and kissing
MAN.

A drunk,
A lush,
An alcy
MAN.

A person with
Thoughts
Feelings
Pain
Sentiment
I like stuff
I hide my feelings
I **** up

I cry.

A Public Service Announcement

1. You move to the country.
2. You're very skittish.
3. You're terribly embarrassed when someone mentions their name.
4. "Oh no, we're just friends."
5. Well... You just know.

A True and Historical Account
Oh, oh, oh,
Don't stop don't stop
Oh!

For Your Health
Never become attached to anyone and stay far, far away.
Then you will never need to know.

An Interview*
"How did you know, Madam?"
"I didn't, he just...proposed!"

He just...fits.

Je me suis sentie comme
Cendrillon.
Because we met at a ball
And I had on my best dress
And you were in, oh God,
A kilt!
Perfect man, yes?

Bumping into you at the cinema
You didn't recognise me
But when the film started
(Which film? I was too aware of you)
You tapped me on the shoulder
And whispered,
"Finally!*"

So I asked you on a date.
No, not a date.
Shush.
Coffee. Let's go for coffee
And be friends.
(****.)
Four hours later...

And then
There was that time
We stayed up
Until 6am
Because neither of us
Wanted to say night.

(Last night.)

And this is a love story
Starting again
And it's perfect in ever way
All I've ever wanted
Look - poem perfect -
But I don't know
If I can handle it
Again.

I was drunk,
And I told you I love you.
When I was sober,
You asked if I meant it.

I said no.

Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed.

You will never be lovelier than you are now,
Here, in my arms,
Asleep.

I watch your eyelids flutter.
I hope that you are dreaming
Of us

In a different world,
Where we could be happy.
Together.

And I hold you,
Abhorring the knowledge that
tomorrow

We will never be this way again.

I don't want to be with him
But I do
And all I can think
When I'm with him is
How much better he would be
If he were you.

You and I walk a fragile line
That I never thought I'd live to see break.
I should have known it would all this time.

I'm standing here and I can see it in your eyes:
All the love I should have known was fake
And every last one of your lies.

You said, "I am yours and you are mine."
"I'll never leave you alone," was just another promise you made.
I should have known that all this time.

I spent my life thinking we were fine
When I should have known you were just take, take, take.
I never realised all those lies.

You know how the time flies.
I wonder, "Were we just a mistake?"
I should have known all this time.

Can you believe it was just yesterday we had the time of our lives?
Who would have known how bittersweet this would be?
Did you ever see that fragile line?
The one we treaded all that time.