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Love is respect and devotion
Love is respect and devotion, where’s yours
And I’m asking because I just realized
All this time
All this time
All this time
I’ve been trying to justify and excuse you
Making excuses
Making excuses
Making excuses
I was making excuses for you
Cause you never even bothered to give me any
And no, not for a minute
Not one second
Not one second
Not one second
Not one second did I ever think you cheated
If you did I’d be more accepting
But what it is
But what it is
But what it is
Is the way you treated me
Barely acknowledging that I’m a queen
Better than most, better yet…I am the best
And now I see
I’m seeing clearly
So clearly
So clearly
So clearly
That I have better ways to spend energy
My energy is positive and more times than most
You simply feed me back negativity
In large unhealthy portions and I always overeat
And now finally
Finally I know
Finally I know
Finally I know
That all though I love you and still do
Loving you isn’t only about you
Loving you is supposed to make me
Make me, and help me be so many things
Only
Only
Only
Love is respect and devotion
Contrary to your belief, and it ain’t even popular
They have to be given and received
And so now after so long and so much time
My heart and soul ache and my mind can’t comprehend
How I can scream for your attention through tears
And pages upon pages of written word
How can you
How can you
How can you
Act like you never even heard my cries or read my words
And even though you might be what I want
You don’t have to be what I need
And it seems so suddenly
All of a sudden
All of a sudden
All of a sudden
I finally understand, really and fully understand
That this time…
Because the one I love has too many issues
It’s over cause it definitely ain’t me, it’s you.
Robyn V. Evans
© 2003
tight poem