The Lies We Tell

The lies we tell

are mostly to ourselves

though they’re often so small

they don’t seem to be a lie at all

Are you the one?

Is this what I want?

Can I be, 

The person that YOU see?

I want us to work

perhaps I’m just a jerk

Perhaps I just don’t know

let’s see how it goes

but wait,

no no

whoa

you’re not who I loved at all

Not who we said we would be

now who is the you I see?

when did I begin

to wake up with a stranger?

to not foresee a future?

when did our paths begin to vary?

my heart grows ever wary

I fear I loved an apparition

a myth we once told

now what does the future hold?

can we continue in these conditions?

once we’re past infatuation

the pleasing of another

are we growing?

or do we smother?

do we truly love each other?

perhaps love means letting go.

knowing our hearts a little more

opening the door 

finding what we’re each yearning for

because I love you:

the you you truly are

not the one you hold yourself to be

the one who’s just to please me

Because I see the you that you’ve become

and the me that’s now here

thank you for helping me to grow

it’s time for us to go