My Rainy Tuesday


Title my wishes and pack me away,
It’s time for me to go my own way,
And now that I’m leaving, you’d like me to stay,
I guess you should have thought of that before.
But you’ll never need to think that more.

I’ve made you a gift from our favorite things,
From old movie stubs to our fake wedding rings,
And I wish it would fly so I just gave it wings,
So maybe I can see it if I try.
But hope from memories is just a lie.

You’ve always wanted to do your own thing,
With your own way of mind on your own special fling,
But the heart that I follow is slightly off course,
Cause, oh, what’d you know, I won’t follow yours.
That’s not to say that I won’t compromise,
But to just sit tight will never suffice,
So I’ll play along but just for now,
I’m sure that you’ll get by somehow.

Fighting and forgetting, maybe I made mistakes,
But the words behind the promise were never fake,
And it’s not like I forgot what we had at stake,
But the time had come for our goodbye,
Please don’t count my half-truths as a lie.

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