10/6/23

i have elevated you
so high
that when this  
is over
i will be the one  
they criticize  
 
they will never know  
what pain you caused
 
the torment  
in every tear  
that i have ever cried
 
how alone i really am
 
no  one will ever know  
that you were less
than a perfect man
 
i talked you up  
because i truly believed
that was who you were  
 
did not realize
that version  
was only for her...