sometimes
I’d be living out of spite
you’ve been a beautiful liar—-
—even this time

all of your nonsense
made sense to me
I was blinded
an ace when you tried to hide it

gave you a garden of adoration
but you cloaked me with eternal damnation

because I told you to meet me
at that mall
at my campus
at the train station
at your school
even at your ******* hometown
you never showed up
I was standing so tall

But one day I woke up and I knew—-


—-you didn’t honor my heart
when I saw you talking to her
embracing her
holding hands with her
meeting her at the mall
and she was standing so tall