How did it ever happen? <br />How could i not see? <br />That all the while i was acting selfishly <br />Wanting more, wanting to be free <br />My mistakes ranking with a greek tragedy <br />The worlds accusations echoing in me <br />Someone elses anger raging around me <br />Off others moods and emotions i feed <br />Constant crave for affection, i seek <br />To feel living is something i need <br /> <br />When i told you i was coming back, i lied <br />When i said i'd see you again, <br />I knew this was really the last time <br />When i said i knew you loved me <br />Inside i knew it was a lie <br />She told me to leave <br />Now she's asking why <br />I turned my back on a part of my family <br />I threw away a part of me <br />I thought it would better me <br />Now i know i acted selfishly <br /> <br />But if i had never left, i wouldn't be where i am now <br />I wouldn't have the people that i do around <br />I wouldn't have found someone to love me <br />I wouldn't be so close to free <br />If i had let you keep me <br />And shelter me, hide me from the world <br />So that nobody could see the potential in me <br />Nobody could see what i could be <br />I'm not the only one who acted selfishly <br /> <br />Turn your back on me <br />Scold the family <br />All because they still want to be a part of me <br />It's sad that you'll never see <br />Your daughter graduateing <br />And when she gets married, where will you be? <br />What about my children, will you push them away to? <br />Though i think i've decided that they will have no part in you <br />You don't deserve chance's <br />Not in the past, future, or present <br />Maybe one day we will sit down to see <br />Just which one of us acted truly selfishly<br /><br />Guarded Heart<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/acting-selfishly/
