The Naive Lover

I thought you loved me.  But I was naïve and didn't recognize the signs. And now that I'm looking back, I realize that what we had wasn't love.  I saw your heart, your desires, but most of all the lust. I've been taken advantage four too many times and you just made five.  And you knew I had.

I needed someone who was there when I was sobbing because I felt lonely at school, someone who'd step up and decide what we should do when I'd say 'I don't care.' But you didn't.  And you knew I didn't care as long as I was with you.

You came into my life when I was most vulnerable. You told me 'this is about us' when it was really about you and your image.  I told you I've kissed way too many times on the first date but you still went for it, and I'm upset.

 

But know this, I learned a lot. and thank you for making me feel loved at the time, even if it wasn't real.