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Dec 2012
"I know that things are broken,
And though there's too many words left unsaid,
You say you have spoken;
Like the coward I am, I hang my head."
-Mumford and Sons*

I learned that love isn't undying
And I knew we would have to end
But even as you went away crying
I'd hoped we could one day be friends

We each left with our separate emotions
Full of reproach and regret
But when you told me it was all or nothing
I sort of wished we never had met

All of those hours we spent together
Walked away from and left for dead
I tried to put it down gently
Then you went and cut off its head

But I called it a test of my patience
And I waited for you to move on
I hoped in a year things would cool down
I didn't realize instead they'd be gone

Imagine my joy when you finally found new love
Hoping now we could make our amends
Then imagine the confusion you caused me
When I found out he was my good friend

You want silence? That's fine, I give up now
I'll leave you alone for good
I'd assumed we'd more between us than teenage love
I can see that I misunderstood

Ours was my first real relationship
And I tried to give it my all
You taught me what love is and isn't
Now you're just another brick in the wall.

Now you're just another brick in the wall.
The Knave of Spades
Written by
The Knave of Spades  Issaquah, WA
(Issaquah, WA)   
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