SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW

I met love on my first date

And she slapped me in the face

I met her on my way home and she stole my keys

Met her at my doorstep and she stole my heart

A slave of sad love

Can’t comprehend it

Why they all turn sour

Why they all leave me in the dirt

Why they all take me for granted

Sitting alone with my guitar

Strumming the strings and wondering why

Why love could be so cruel

Why my heart had to pay the price for caring

Why I always had to be left behind

I’m staying with love but I’m not wanted by love

I’m searching for her everyday but she seems to drift away even further

I can see her face as clear as the raindrops

But she doesn’t recognize mine

Upon the ties formed

She still sees me as a stranger

Thought I could mould myself into all she desired

Into her knight in shining armour

Into her saviour from distress

Into her best friend

Into all she could possibly ask for

Her perfect man

More or less her perfect zombie

She keeps me at bay merely scratching the surface of her heart

My love for her dwindling away like the sunset

She was my angel

She was my ever bright shining star

She was my heart

The one who completed me

Now she’s just someone that I used to know

By: Okundigie.O.James