It was Me

Who was the one who gave you respect?Who was the one who spoke your dialect?Who was the one understood your anger,your fury?Who was the one who stood in frontof your biased jury?It was me.Who was the one who helped you with anything?From the Earth shattering to the mundane?Who was the one who ignited everythingin your heart and your brain?It was me.Who was the one who suffered for you?Who was the one who covered for you?Who was the one who lovedyour tortured soul?Who was the one who nurtured you,made you more than whole?It was me.Who was the one who cared for you through everything?From depression to infectious mediocrity?Who was the one who plodded on through everything?From obsession to shocking infidelity?It was me?Who was the one who lied for you?Who was the one who cried over you?Who was the one who wouldn't sleep with you,to validate our relationship?Who was the one who gave in to you,to your words' swordsmanship?It was me.And who was it that made love to you,in a winding sheet of flesh and sweat?Who was it that danced with you,Our bodies a meshed duet?It was me.Who was it that, whenthe biggest thing to happen in your lifeand the biggest thing in minehappenedwas willing and ready to give upEverything...the tattered remains ofa possibly salvageable life,to give up the light in the tunnelan end to unending strife?to be with you?to support you?to love you?It was me.And just so we can be clear,Who was it that, whenthe biggest thing to happen in your lifeand the biggest thing in minehappenedbrought it all crashing to the ground?Brought what could have been a great poem as to why the stars shinea great song as to why men create and endurea great epic as to Paris and Helento a smoldering pile of charcoaled pages?Who was it that killed a growing lovewith not a knifenot a swordnot a spearbut a completely unremarkable snifterof nothing more than grease?ending a life in a proverbial whimper?That one was you, Baby.And for what?!Revenge?A turnabout offense?A turnabout defense?A turnabout 'Fuck You?'It was you.And just so you know,Who was it that wanted to givewhat you didn't deserve?It was me.And who didn't have feelings enough togive it? But would have done it anyway because it was the right thing?Who was it who didn't love you enoughto justify giving you so much?It was me.I changed this one around just a little towards the end, change the wording. It doesn't lose character now. Written November 30th, 2001 © on Dec 02 2001 04:02 PM PST   0 • 1