On a Personal Note

On A Personal Note by Edmund Siejka They didn’t fit Like bookends Or what people might describe As a nice looking couple. Seeing them together made a jarring sound Like chalk clawing on blackboard But what was so bad about this new couple? I knew why. She left me for him. It took me a really long time to understand What it meant to forgive someone And I always wondered could I Forgive someone who chose to hurt me? She knew me all along She had me figured out a long time ago Sometimes I would catch her staring at me With that look on her face Was it a sneer? Or just a funny face? I was too stupid to know the difference. Perhaps I didn’t realize what I had done to her Allowing myself to be surrounded by shadowy people Believing in them Following them But they cared less about me Than I did for them. For weeks and months I thought only about her Eager to scale the wall that surrounded her heart To say I loved her But obviously I failed Because if we accidently met All I got Was a quick turn of her back Ignoring my presence. So, I decided the only thing I could do Was to let her go And start over again.