I'm Just a Notch on Your Bedpost; You're Just a Line in a Poem

Your first words

Still ring strong in my head.

I still remember that feeling

When I heard the words you said.

 

I couldn’t believe that you

Would want someone like me.

I was so blinded by emotion

That you were all I could see.

 

Things went well

For a short while.

Every time you looked at me

My heart would gently smile.

 

But then when you told me

That you no longer want more

I didn’t know what to do -

I suddenly felt like a w***e.

 

Did I ever mean anything to you,

Or was I always just scratch on your wall?

Did you lead me on like this,

So you could eagerly watch me fall?

 

My feelings for you

Were always real.

You just have to read all my poems

To understand how I feel.

 

Your bedpost is full of notches,

That I now see.

I guess that last one

Was the notch representing me.

 

Copyright©JosieWentzel22 November 2007