My Forever After But Not Yours

We were in love in an intense way for such a short time I thought it was forever, which shows you how naïve I am For listening and believing, and trusting a handsome devil – you. I knew there would never be another man I could love this much. I gave you everything I had, was, and thought of being. I was your forever-after, you were my prince charming. When you began tearing up the diary of our existence With your betrayals, each sneakier than the other, I wanted to give you sixty-seven million more chances And I did. I gave you an implausible amount of opportunities to fix us. But I guess you were busy writing songs about your new love While I was writing love stories about you. I have photos, journal entries, stories and songs To prove we had once-upon-a-brownstone been in love Anyway, to prove I had been knocked off my feet by you, You were so amazing and wonderful, I plan to keep part of that. It is incredibly difficult to believe you ever were even the teensiest in love with me When I see tiny bits of our photos lying in the ditch outside our house And your new woman wearing my favorite hand-painted denim jacket.