I didn't want a bouquet of roses <br />Jewelry <br />Or box of chocolates <br />I didn't want a romantic evening <br />Because with, you I'd be fine <br />But I at least wanted a phone call <br />Yo didn't have to buy a card <br />You didn't have to write a poem saying how in love you are <br />I at least wanted a message <br />Internet or otherwise <br />But maybe your 'I love you's' <br />Were just a bunch a lies <br />Honestly, I'm not hurt <br />Or mad <br />Or disappointed <br />Honestly, I knew you wouldn't <br />Call or message at all <br />Honestly, I thought you'd prove me wrong. <br />I thought you'd say those words to me <br />But then I laughed at the thought and how silly it would be <br />I hoped that you would prove me wrong <br />But even when we met I knew <br />That you wouldn't be the one <br />I never brought the subject up <br />Or dropp those annoying clues <br />I did what I always have <br />And left it up to you <br />I didn't ask for candy <br />Or a moonlit night <br />I didn't ask for flowers <br />Or for you to spend the night <br />I didn't ask for anything <br />I thought a message I might get <br />But, sadly, I got nothing <br />The same as every year <br />I should've never started hoping <br />Even if the hope was small <br />Especially if I had to ask <br />For you to at least call. <br />To show that you loved me at all.<br /><br />Vanessa Kingsley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/expectations-24/
