I 'fell in love' with you when i was thirteen. <br />You were the Light from Heaven that saved <br />Me from the Darkness of Hell; nothing could touch me. <br />I lived everyday for you and willingly slaved <br />To see you smile, to hear you laugh, to watch you stare <br />At me and wonder if it was me you were thinking. <br />But i was only thirteen! and your age? well i couldn't care. <br />You were my first love; i watched your eyes watch my body, twinkling <br />Making me short of breath. But my thirteen year old mind <br />Could not grasp reality or even who you were, you liar. <br />Tell me, love, did you enjoy watching me live for you? To unwind <br />Before your eyes for you when my entire world was on fire? <br />I hope you had a good laugh, dear, when i longed you for my first kiss. <br />I bet you see me really stupid, don't you my sunshine. i write this now <br />For if i rubbed this in your perfect face, never you know i wrote this. <br />You never loved me did you? You played the game masterfully - how <br />Else could i have spent nights crying for you? <br />I now realize my tears were wasted - but wasted for you, my love. <br />Oh, the times you left me breathless - you made me the fool. <br />That's right babe, laugh it up, you jerk, but i will rise above <br />Your level of manipulation, my love, my one and only, my sourceof hope. <br />You never knew me then and now you never will - are you happy? <br />I am no longer under your power, dear, under your dope. <br />Now it is me who is laughing, you hear me you bum? Laughing! <br />I'm done with you, my dearest love, you no longer hurt me. <br />And now i THANK GOD i am no longer thirteen.<br /><br />Conchita Mauer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-longer-thirteen/
