Tonight, I stand on this doorstep
Where I used to beg you not to leave.
And I sit beside you on this porch,
Which was our cradle back some years.
In those eyes I used to see
The man who promised to grow old with me.
But tonight as I gaze at you,
All I see is the guy who made me blue.
I thought of you as a dream come true,
Someone who's willing to love me too.
But I'm wiser now to have found in you,
A man who's too good to be true.
Your voice used to give me so much pain
As those lies were like cutting my veins.
But now, no matter how careless you speak,
Your words no longer prick.
I have accepted the fact that we don't belong together.
So as time passed by, I've learned to set you free,
Hoping that you'd find someone far better than me,
Who'd love you more and leave you never.
Now, we both have lives of our own,
As we two, are loving someone new,
Yet I was surprised when I saw you--
You seem to be someone I never knew!
It's sad to see how you've grown to be,
And treat me like you never really loved me.
I can't believe how my first love turned into a beast
That night we met again passed a year after he left me.
FOOTNOTE: the original title of the poem was "The Night I Met My First Love Again Passed A Year After He Left Me" but it was, again, too long for the title bar.
