When you Said [poem]
When you said “I’m yours” I
never knew that, crouching on
all fours, I’d have to beg to know
the truth behind that clause
When you said you’re mine I
never saw, as one more in
your line, I’d soon receive
the lie which broke my spine
When you said “forever” I
never felt that, not being
very clever, it was just another
ruse — my heart to sever
When you said “my only one” I
never grasped that, being a
hit-and-run, those words were
just from one side of your tongue
When you said “It’s You!” I
never thought that, missing
every clue, your words were
said not just to one but two
When you said “in love” I
never gleaned, your hand inside
your glove, that all those things you
said came not from heaven above
© 2011, Alan Morrison
The Naked Troubadour 