Love Me Now, Hate Me Soon

“You love me now,

But you’ll hate me soon,”

You said to me

Under a full moon.

 

I didn’t understand

What you had just said

I started worrying,

My mind filled with dread.

 

It wasn’t until today

That I figured out your speech.

I saw you with her,

Sitting on the beach.

 

You were cheating on me

All this time.

The worst is, you had told me

But I was blind.

 

“You love me now,

But you’ll hate me soon,”

I repeated your words

Watching you from the dunes.

 

“You’re right, I hate you,”

I screamed through my tears.

You played with my emotions,

Using my fears.

 

As I ran down the beach

To confront you face-to-face,

I heard something

That made me slow my pace.

 

Inching nearer

I heard this tune:

“You love me today,

But you’ll hate me soon”.

 

Just how many girls

Do you have on a string?

I guess we mean nothing to you –

We were just your summer fling.

 

Copyright©JosieWentzel25May2007

 

Reviews

[intangible_soul]

I found this poem really compelling. I thought it was going to end with the speaker crumbling, but instead you gave me a wonderful resolution to this painful story. Even if you didn't intend it, knowledge/wisdom does free us, and opens us up for happiness even if it may not come right away.