Something Should Have Told Me

Maybe it was the difference in the way you speak to me 
Or the deterioration of our bond
It should have been apparent when the laughs that fertilized our garden of love and creation were kidnapped 
The cavity where love once flourished overflowed with betrayal 
The feeling of being replaced tapped me on the shoulder and slapped me in my face
Something should have told me our time had ran out

Maybe it was the way you look at me when you’re mad
Maybe it was the way you run away from me when I was the comfort you needed when you’re sad
I had this bubbling in my stomach the last time you were “going to a friends house”
I couldn’t rest when you failed to come home
I tried to come up with a solution to an equation I didn’t even know 
I was preparing for a harvest from a garden that didn’t even grow
The realization of a cancerous wedge between us should have told me 

Maybe the ambiguity of our fate should have told me 
So often I prayed for a sign to confirm 
But every inconsistency was quickly discarded
I forgot how to stand without the crutches of our relationship 
I seen the problem and swept it under the rug
I was crippled by the need to have someone
I was afraid to be alone
The last time I seen you sitting in the car on the phone 
Something should have told me 


Something should have told me that love can make people do crazy things
Like pretending to not know that your partner is cheating so things don’t change
Like when the sun is out but its raining
Like spilling red wine on a white shirt 
Loving you can be permanently staining

Something finally told me that i’ll never be lonely as long as I got me

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 2/2/2019 8:44:00 AM
I tell you...there something here...awesome style and delivery...
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