Only darkness and tears when she left,
but now I am able to see after she finally
told me the truth and I was able to see
her in a different light.

In the beginning she said, "you are the one
that I have been looking and waiting for
all of these years," and I felt like I had
been hit by a door, not knowing then
my heart would end up on the floor.

I felt from the beginning that something
wasn't quite right and only now have I
finally seen the light.


Upon realizing that I had been living her lie
for two years only brought me pain and tears,
but now there will be no more cries and all
it took was for her to say ,"you just
don't give me butter flies," at which point
I realized all that I got from her were lies.

Suddenly it was oh so clear and the anger
was gone and the hurt was no longer there,
after finding out that we were never really
a pair.

The tears are now laughter and smiles,
after thinking about all of those miles
that I wasted on what I thought was
my dream come true.

I still have a lot of life to live and a lot
of love to give, and finally I am able
to breathe again.                                      Jon York  2011