As Real As I Get

RELENTLESS

didn’t want to love you

went so far as to tell you so

you persisted

your persistence was profitable

you were able to slip into the most guarded part of me

untied the strings holding my heart together

then stood by while it fell to pieces

while I fell to pieces

you showed no care

acted as if you did not know me

I thought you were wooing me, choosing me

you were actually using me, fooling me

my disbelief was matched only by my devastation