SELFISH BOY

How dare you tread upon my new found happiness by offering me the only thing I ever wanted years ago,

My beat was fast, your heart too slow,

To catch up to the way I was feeling,

I've finally moved on and now you're set on stealing,

Any joy that doesn't originate from you,

Selfish boy, is this a ruse?

How dare you give me the opportunity to choose,

I'll never understand your fascination with triangles, your rejection of twos,

But I remember what it felt like, what it felt like to lose,

When I couldn't outshine her, your winning muse,

And now you expect me to do what you couldn't for me,

Walk away from what's promising towards something risky,

I would have put it all on the line for you then,

If only to call you more than a friend,

Would have dove straight into waters unexplored,

Taken that jump, had faith that we'd soar,

Would have left common sense in the dust,

To see what it feels like to give someone your trust,

We could have tread paths through murky forests green,

Traversed the world on a boat cross the seas,

Flown around the globe to places unseen,

If only you were now what you had been,

But time passes at the beckoning of none,

No matter your wishes against it, the day will still come,

The years revolve as we do round the sun,

I'm wiser now and of love I'm skeptical,

No longer the naive girl so susceptible,

To falling head first in an embrace oh too sweet,

Much less prone to being swept off my feet,

So if you're asking me to take a chance on you now,

I'm afraid I no longer know how,

I've forgotten the steps to the dance we once knew,

Forgotten the words to our duet too,

I cannot for the life of me remember how to love you...

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