Short List

I thought that you were different
I might have been wrong about you
I took you as someone who cares about me
You mistake me for a fool

I may not be on your short list
In the top one, two or three
But I have a lot of patience
And I’m there when you need me to be

I was always watching your back
And help you when I can
But what you have given back to me
I really don’t understand

It’s not that I am needy
Or expect you at beck and call
But ignoring and being indifferent
Is not what I deserve at all

You need to look a lot deeper
At what I have given here
And be a little more attentive
And be a lot less austere

It won’t take that much time for you
Just treat me with a little more care
I will always be in your corner
When you look you will see me there
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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