redemption's road

 
my tears cry tears of their own  
they weep for a misunderstanding of a soul  
I judged you by your writing  
thinking that was all there was to you  
 
then you blindsided me with your beauty  
it was an unexpected evolution of soul  
I mistook you for who you once were  
or rather how you appeared to me  
 
all machismo and sex  
when tenderness ran like a river just under the surface  
with a great ocean of compassion  
if I had just looked deeper  
 
I stayed in the shallow end of you  
because I couldn't swim in your emotionally mature waters  
I encouraged your bravado  
because being treated like a slut is what i'm used to  
 
so in fits of anger you gave me what I asked for  
I brought out the devil in you  
but his spirit is foul to yours  
it would hang hard and heavy on your soul  
the cross I crucified you on  
 
I just wanted you to know  
I got you all wrong