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I Could Be the Girl For You

I would never dream of depriving you
Of the happiness you have found;
He's not like all the others and for this I'm ironically thankful
For a smile is a smile and yours
Will always paint itself on my face,

But should you ever feel incomplete
You're the only one I have patience for and
I'd be your best friend once more,
Should you ever need a familiar hand to guide you through, then
I could be the girl for you.

Though I haven't a lifetime of experience,
I have an understanding of you and listen to your troubles,
Hold you until I've absorbed all your worries and
Let you leave lightly.

And so long as I'm around
There will be no struggles for you,
However, it's hard for a girl
To be a gentleman
But I'll take your bags in my weak but willing arms
Just to see you stroll freely by my side,

Then those days when our eyes meet,
The secrets we both know we're thinking of
Exist again, and your lips brush mine,
They will not be so rare, and in the
Surreal delight, I'm thinking
I could be the girl for you.

No, I'm not the best around people,
But for you I talk and laugh and it becomes a strain which I detest.
You glance at me, knowing what I'm putting myself through for you
And your mouth twitches; you're not sure how to feel,
It's times like this I wish that we could kiss
Like a regular, natural thing
Not some circumstance to agonise over,
But that's the way it is, and I watch you
Leave with him.
You look softly back and catch me thinking,
I could be the girl for you.

Do you hear my dreaming?
Surely I could tell
Because, well, I can always tell
But you're gone now.

So here I am back home again,
Another love poem you'll never read
Yet I feel somehow you can sense the words piercing my mind
The way I train my eyes on you and yet
Look down, afraid you're working it out,

Lord knows what this is; well, actually
One definition lurks in the grey area,
Impossible.

And as the time flies, men come and go,
I pick you up when they throw you down
With no recognition of the wonder you are,
Your tears sting my heart whilst your laughter makes it soar,
There'll be other guys and I'll see you through them all,
Rainy days and magical nights;

All this will I do for you because although
I could be the girl for you,
That would be too simple, and so
The harsh fact remains, though I'll admit it timidly;

You will always be
The only girl for me.

Copyright © Sarah Jones | Year Posted 2007

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