You swore to me you wanted to settle down
Yet I spent a lot of time unsettled
Searching high and low
Recounting interactions, conversations,
Slight changes, butterfly effects
That could have caused you to disappear
So frequently
Consistently
Without reasonable cause.
You alluded to prospects. Potential
But I found myself
Having to climb and crawl
High and low
For a silver lining, a light at the end of a tunnel
I told you plainly I wanted a friend
Before a lover
So you left me unloved
And betrayed
Added questions and sentences
Restraining orders and death penalties
To lifelong friendships.
Stability
So you kept me on my toes
I assured you i’m an expert
In seeing unripe lemons in lemonade
So you squeezed the zest out of me
And left me with bitterness.
But also seeds.
Thus and therefore
I’m not surprised I ended up with bruises
Your emotional punching bag
When you told me you wanted a wife.