When I was young I knew this girl
She was pretty
And funny
And amazing
And a part of me
Was hopelessly
Flawlessly in love with her
But she was also
Cruel
And petty
And small
And I resented her for that
And with what I felt
And what I knew
I cast her out
So that I could be happy
And so could she
But elsewhere
Away from me
And those
She’d harmed.