something so simple, <br />if it really were, <br />we'd not be mentioning it now. <br /> <br />I think in the time it takes you <br />to voice reason, <br />I will have quit loving you. <br /> <br />I cannot help but feel somewhat guilty, <br />this final good-bye was <br />supposed to mean something. <br />and I tried, <br />I denied you nothing, <br />opened myself for your pleasure, <br />and yet the burden now falls on your shoulders, <br />because you say I'm leaving, <br />and I know, <br />I've already been gone. <br /> <br />there's so many betrayals- <br />we make room for pity-sake, <br />we like to suffer, <br />we like to anger. <br />and yet it is misfortunate that <br />now you realize you've loved me <br />for all this time, <br />and I think of <br />how ready I am to walk away- <br />then I wonder if in the time it takes me to <br />leave behind the spare key, <br />if you'll notice that I've never stayed.<br /><br />Amberlee Carter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/crash-test-dummies/
