I Thought You Were Perfect

I thought you were perfect,
I could see you and me,
Together at heart,
I thought it could be.

I imagined our future,

Hoping for new,

Experiences and encounters,

Not alone, but with you.

I tried to be perfect,

One you’d want by your side,

I tried to be true,

One that has never lied.

Eight months I had waited,

With courage and hope,

My feelings never faded,

With no clue how to cope.

Just when I thought,

That we could be one,

I learned that your thoughts of me,

Amounted to none.

I thought you were perfect,
I thought you were smart,
What I didn’t know,
Is that you’d break my heart.

I took the news graciously,

In fact, I was glad,

It was an odd feeling,

Not being sad.

But the next couple days,

I was fixed in a trance,

The worst of it all,

Was not getting the chance.

“I really don’t need you,”

That’s just what I’d say,

To make all my thoughts of you,

Go away for the day.

After all of the months,

I wish I had known,

That I was unreasonable;

I’d be alone.

I thought you were perfect,
I looked up to you,
Silly me not to realize,
You were too good to be true.

Just a few days later,

What do I see?

You with someone,

And that someone’s not me.

Of course she is pretty,

More than I’ll ever be,

Sure, it’s just a picture,

But I’d rather not see.

You may be thinking,

“What’s the big deal?”

But you’d understand,

If you knew how I feel.

Time continues past,

And it begins to sink in,

It happened so fast,

Now I’m destroyed from within.

I thought you were perfect,
I thought you the best,
But as it turns out,
You’re just like the rest.

I still often wonder,

If you remember my name,

I’m sure you still do,

But it’s just not the same.

There’s always tomorrow,

And the day after that,

To bring back the sorrow,

Like a scavenging rat.

I didn’t get what I wanted,

And hoped for so much,

I felt I was taunted,

By the thought of your touch.

I still think of you,

At night as I lay,

I’m not in your life,

‘Cause you want it that way.

I thought it could work,
I thought I was strong,
I thought you were perfect,
It seems I was wrong.

MLS
5/1/11