The Letter
I wrote you the most perfect letter
It had everything I wanted to say
But I'm never going to send it to you
Not ever, not today
There are no words to write
That will ever penetrate
Your heart is cold, your mind is weak
And I know it is too late
You used me up and threw me out
My disposable heart you trashed
But I'll grow stronger
While you get drunk
And live forever in your past
You lied to me from the very start
I was body not a friend
I say these things with a broken heart
In the letter I'll never send
You've gone right on living it up
Drinking and sleeping around
And one day you will call me up
But I won't be around
The me you knew
Who was always true
In heart, body, and mind
You'll look to me when the pain sets in
But that me you'll never find
The me you knew is gone now
You killed him with your lies
You'll never see him waiting here
With sadness and downward eyes
The me I'll learn to be
Will grow and rise above
And learn this lesson you have taught
And find in me my love
And no one else can take that
When my heart is on mend
I wrote these things and so much more
In the letter I'll never send
Copyright © Anton Nimms | Year Posted 2009
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