January
March
May
And soon June
Soon it’ll be June and your lover will return
She’ll come with her bags and she’ll call you to come meet her
She’ll see you from a distance and drop her bags
She’ll hug you for what seems like a lifetime
Because it’s been long
Because someone else used to fill that space
Because I used to fill that space
Because I was there when you thought of calling her but you couldn’t
Because I was there to listen when you needed someone to talk to
Because I was there to please your earthly desires
When you wanted a pretty face to look at, you’d stare at her pictures
But when you needed a face to touch,
When you needed a hand to hold
When you needed a body to rub
Oh gosh it was me
It was me you called
When I had to stop everything I did just to fill in the gaps.
Now as June approaches, your memory of us fades
Your whispers of ‘I’ll love you forever’ , I no longer hear
I no longer feel your warm breath behind my ears
I no longer get random texts
Cause it’s May, and you’re trying to clear all traces of cheating and betrayal
We’re in May and what’s left of us is hello and hi
You’ve cleared your chat history
Cause I’m history now
Even before I try to leave you’ve pushed me out
Because you know she’ll come and take full control
Of what she once possessed
Because she’ll not want to let go after hanging on by a thread
You know she’ll want to know what you’ve been up to all the while she was gone
And you’re gonna want to say
“Oh baby, I was just here with my lonely self,
Missing you and waiting for you to come back home”.
(March 2017)
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