Can'T Win

Come sit with me a spell
We both got something to say
You don’t have to look at me so keen
I wouldn’t marry you anyway
You can tell by looking at me 
What is drawn upon my face
I never knew where to go
So it had to be this place
But I never thought that I would get
My tongue stuck in my own, boot lace
And that you could really be so mean

But I never meant any of those things 
I was thinking of another place
As warm and friendly as it is
It’s just really not for my taste
You always wore the prettiest things
Like a purse that matched your glove
And I could never really help myself
For I was so young and so in love
And I know now for the rest of my life
No matter what I do it will be you
That I always will be thinking of
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Nau Avatar
May 28, 2016 at 3:39 PM
People say MOVE ON! I scoff b/c we all do that. . . We must. Our stories, our loves, are like rings in a tree. The tree doesn't move on without the record there. Good one!
Ferguson Avatar
June 3, 2016 at 4:47 AM
none of us can ever forget who we met in our lives and fell in love
Sparrow  Avatar
March 10, 2015 at 2:22 AM
A beautiful Write! You have captured so many emotions floating through us at times as we reminisce.
Ferguson Avatar
March 10, 2015 at 6:18 AM
thank you :)
Meade Avatar
March 2, 2015 at 8:27 PM
These types of loves never leave us . . . though years may fad some of the memories the heart clings to that special something that only she provided. Loved your poem. 7
Ferguson Avatar
March 3, 2015 at 6:49 AM
My grandmother said woman are the healers and a woman's affairs are her own,
J.T. Avatar
March 2, 2015 at 6:01 AM
Sometimes the best part is when we move on. Good poem -JT
Ferguson Avatar
March 2, 2015 at 7:44 AM
sure is :)but we will always carry our heart with us,
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