The One That Got Away

I know, I know

I've made some mistakes in the past.

And I know, I know

You live, you learn, and you grow

And I know, I know

Your past doesn’t define you.

And I know, I know

What you do in the future makes you.

I know, I know

When you look at me

You see, you see

All the fragmented pieces that puzzle you.

I try, I try

Piece by piece

Inch by inch

To let you piece me

This mystery, confined within this box.

With the picture displayed,

But the puzzle don’t fit together.

It’s not the same.

And I know, I know

You get frustrated

With all the puzzle pieces that make me.

But I know, I know

You tried, you tried

And you thought, you thought

You had me figured.

But only to see me crumble

With the slightest missteps you’ve made.

The same steps I’ve took,

You tried to follow.

But I couldn’t afford to give you the chance to build me

And for you to break me again.

So you cried, you cried

And so did I

And I know you died, you died

That part of you where love lived.

Sunshine and rainbows.

And you saw, you saw

Me for who I really am.

This silly girl,

Puzzled and put together by the world.

So you saw, you saw

All the mistakes that I’ve made

And you saw, you saw

That I haven’t learned, and I haven’t grown.

Not into the woman that you could be with for eternity.

And you saw, you saw

The pitfalls that are me

The cracks and crevasses that used to be flesh.

Now replaced by holes and darkness.

And that my past was bound to be my future

An ever ending cycle of deconstruct and reconstruct.

So the cycle, the cycle

You tried to avoid.

But I wouldn't let you.

I had this void

Now is emptier without you.

But you see, you see.

I hope to learn and I hope to grow

So that I won’t make the same mistakes, I did with you.