Painful Lessons
I see you now
Happy as you’ve ever been
Spending quality time
With another
You smile more
And are light on your feet
As beautiful as ever
I have seen you
I remember the days
When we smiled and laughed
Days that are
Too far in the past
Still the pain that I feel
Pales by comparison to
The pain and the hurt
I inflicted on you
Built up over time
Like a great wall
Some parts would crumble
But it would never fall
Now the wall is slowly
Eroding away
With a touch of another
Smoothing the sharp edges
You are molding yourself
Into who you want to be
A confident and beautiful woman
Who deserved much more from me
Yet I too am changing
Perhaps a little to late
Painful lessons
Twisting my fate
7/31/08
