Saturday, May 2, 2009

Numbers (Poem)


I used to think
We were a simple math equation
Like one plus two equals three.
No questions asked, the logic's there
For everyone to see.

I only figured out at the end that,
You subtracted meaning from your 'I love you's,
They valued zero nothing from the start
And I was too dumb to do the math,
I was too blinded by my heart.

Our conversation lasted five seconds, six words and
One sixtieth of an hour of silence
‘Did you ever truly love me?’
You were more interested in counting the time that went by
I spent the next fifty-nine minutes,
Trying my best not to ask why.


Numbers were never my strong forte,
Neither is love.

You used to say,
'I love you more than anything else in the world.'
Now, I can only wonder,
If I'm even anything else in your world.

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