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When I gave you that book
I gave you more than I could
And who knew
what future held
But I believed in us
And it went without saying
that I loved you
more than you deserved
I didn’t know what to do
When you said you couldn’t meet me
on your birthday, that you had to go away
I trusted your eyes, those words,
and when you were gone
I ransacked every place I could
to get the best gift there was
And I happened by this book
which had my heart, my life
I wrapped it with all my love
as I wrote ‘To the best I know, the best of me’
I wondered what you were doing
as I stopped by your place
to surprise you before you left
but what an irony
when I was given a surprise myself
by your gardener, a seventy year oldie
seems, you’d never left, nor were going to
that you had a grand party
with friends and ex-lovers too
I was offered a ride that I promptly denied
with rage in my head and tears in my eyes
I turned to leave
but not before I parted with what I had to give
I asked your gardener for a penly favor
he said he had none and gave me a pencil
One last look beyond the shimmering parapet
realising not everything that glitters is gold
I tore off the foolish display of my affections
and signed ‘P. S. I don’t love you’, instead.
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#badbookthiefpoetry
Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020 at 10:46 AM UTC
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When I gave you that book
I gave you more than I could
And who knew
what future held
But I believed in us
And it went without saying
that I loved you
more than you deserved
I didn’t know what to do
When you said you couldn’t meet me
on your birthday, that you had to go away
I trusted your eyes, those words,
and when you were gone
I ransacked every place I could
to get the best gift there was
And I happened by this book
which had my heart, my life
I wrapped it with all my love
as I wrote ‘To the best I know, the best of me’
I wondered what you were doing
as I stopped by your place
to surprise you before you left
but what an irony
when I was given a surprise myself
by your gardener, a seventy year oldie
seems, you’d never left, nor were going to
that you had a grand party
with friends and ex-lovers too
I was offered a ride that I promptly denied
with rage in my head and tears in my eyes
I turned to leave
but not before I parted with what I had to give
I asked your gardener for a penly favor
he said he had none and gave me a pencil
One last look beyond the shimmering parapet
realising not everything that glitters is gold
I tore off the foolish display of my affections
and signed ‘P. S. I don’t love you’, instead.
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#badbookthiefpoetry
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