The T-Shirt

It all started at work with my flirtatious remarks,
You entertained it, so I persisted--you already had my heart.

After numerous e-mails written and many shared shifts worked,
You felt the timing was just right to ask me out for our first....

"Date"--I wouldn't have considered it one just yet,
I still wasn't over my ex to be dating someone I just met.

But to my surprise, watching Cinderella Man did the trick,
This whole story could've been avoided had you not tried to give me a kiss.

"I was going for your cheek!" you said on the phone that night,
I replied, "I don't give kisses--I do high-fives, but it's alright."

Longer than I expected did that one phone call last,
You were so funny to me--I couldn't help it; you know how I love to laugh.

One call turned into two, and two calls turned into countless,
I never knew that I would find a love that would amount to this.

June 5th of 2005 marks the day when it officially began,
I was known as your girl and you as my man.

Over time the love grew deeper--deeper than ever before,
I just knew you would be the one I would live my life for.

About a year after the 5th, we had already given each other a lot,
One of the best gifts you gave was your Dynasty t-shirt with "Vic" on the back at the top.

I wore it almost every night just to smell your cologne as I lay in bed,
Your scent made me feel so comfortable, and it assured me you'd be the one I'd wed.

But comfort came too soon, and it surely broke our love glass,
There is always that one girl that's just too tempting to let pass.

Due to my ex, it was hard enough already for me to trust another one,
But after what you did, there's no way I could've forgiven you for what you'd done.

I gave you another chance, but it was no longer the same,
I really tried to let it go, but the whole idea of being with a cheater--to me--was lame.

"If it isn't one thing, it's another," I would usually find myself saying,
I just couldn't believe that my ChiChi could be so selfish and betraying.

You ended it for good on a Saturday afternoon through a text,
I wasn't ready for it to be over, I just needed some time to sit back and reflect.

I won't lie--I've thought about calling you to work things out yet again,
But considering my faith in God, I know He has in store for me a man above all men.

In a perfect world, you'd be that man, since to you I've already given my heart without a chance to efface;
My hope is that this real world would allow for a bit of a fairy tale's love story to somewhat take place.

Our two years together were great, and I do not regret them at all,
I just wish our relationship hadn't turned out the way it did this fall.

Though I still love you like no other, I can't deny how my feelings have been hurt,
You made up everything that was a part of me,
Now all I have is this t-shirt............