Heartbroken Love Poem: One Little Lie
Never gave me the chance to
Accept or reject you based on the truth.
You pretended to want all of me
Just to get a part of me.
Instead of telling me what you wanted,
You told me what you thought I wanted,
So that you could get what you really wanted.
Based on your actions and words,
For months I invested myself wholeheartedly
And started giving you special parts of me.
For so long you pretended to be
Mentally and emotionally vested,
But you were only physically connected.
It took me a while to digest this little lie
That led to living a life that was never mine.
It shed a light that I thought was bright,
But now that I’m no longer blind
I can see that it never really shined.
I spent years begging and bargaining
For time that was never really mine.
I could feel my heart hardening
As I pardoned you so many times.
I don’t understand how a person
Could take another person through pain
And never feel a thing.
You faked an entire relationship
And even talked about marriage and kids.
You kept telling me whatever I wanted to hear
So that you could stay around
And continue to feel how you wanted to feel.
One little lie allowed me to be immersed
In a counterfeit love that was well coerced.
The pain is real but it could have been worse.
They say the truth always hurts,
Only if the lie comes first.
