The slow and steady
You’ve kept me guessing
All the while giving me answers
The thought too good
to be true
The end was quick
I think I’m handling it
A man I’ll never see again
You walk away, holding my pride
Here I’m left
damaged
she picked at the pieces
like petals off the flowers
letting them fall to
the ground beneath her
knowing the truth –
she wasn’t enough
‘He loves me?’ she asks
the petal answers, ‘He loves you not’
I loved you a thousand different ways
But you left me
I’d love you a thousand more
If you’d let me
To settle for another is tempting
I’d die a thousand deaths
Just to feel less empty
The cologne you used to wear
I went and bought that kind
I couldn’t help myself –
You’ve been on my mind
I sprayed it on my pillow
And then laid my head down
For a second you were almost there
In your scent, I could have drowned
On an inhale, my heart skipped
Caterpillars became butterflies
But then on exhale, a sad reality
Only pheromones – a chemical lie
She gets my life and my home
In the end she has your love
So tonight I’ll spray this on my pillow
But tomorrow I’ll wash it off.
I could smell your scent
Like a trip I never had
And every time it left
I wanted to go back
I’d stare into the sunshine
Like the sparkle in your eyes
And when the sunset came
I’d pray for the sunrise
But starlight had me staring
I wish I may, wish I might
Hearing waves, tasting salt
Swept up in you like the tide
The Dalema 