as pretty as the truth (poem)
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
I wrote this last June�it still makes me cry. It was and is about ex.As pretty as the truth
This memory
Still rips me in two
It happens every time
I remember you
Forgiveness came cheap
As cheap as a kissing booth
I forgive all your reasons
But all the reasons to lie
Were never as pretty as the truth
One line straightened me out
Perfected my thoughts in a row
Perfect love could be perfected
Or that's what I wanted
Wanted to be loved
By the only one I loved
The reality is truth
A lie gives love a wicked shove
Mold me
I told me
Into something new
Hold me
I just wanted you to hold me
Until the lie was true
Forgiveness never comes cheap
As cheap as a kissing booth
I forgive all your reasons
But all your reasons to lie
Were never as pretty as the truth
What you told me
Was to hold me
What I told you
Was just for me
And it was just never ever about being true
A lie is an alibi
A lie is never as pretty as the truth
The memory
Still rips me in two
It happens every time
I remember the pretty truth
-PoeticaL
