They said “I’ll love you forever”
And I thought it was sweet.
The kind of thing
People keep
in their wallet.
I held those words
With eyes full of joy
But I didn’t understand
What they truly said.
They said “I’ll love you forever”
But they didn’t mean “you” as in me.
And they never lied
I just couldn’t find their truth.
They love the seat
I sat in.
The space
I took up.
They love the part
I happened to play.
So when I had to leave,
Someone else got to learn the lines.
Someone else took that stage.
Someone else became the “you” I once was.
Their promise stayed intact
They said “I’ll love you forever”
And turns out they didn’t lie
I just wasn’t the subject.