A dozen times I've told you that I love you.
A dozen times you've rejected my claim.

I lurk in the shadows
Peering at you from hidden corners
I play hide and seek with your emotions
Pretending your heart is an elevator to enlightenment 

I've been told I'll be alone forever
Unless I sort out these variety packs
Alter these habitual habits of yesterday
Change my ways of nocturnal exploration

A dozen times I've told you that I love you.
A dozen times you've rejected my claim.

I rise up on infatuation highs
Like the heroin I shot up
Drink my sorrows into oblivious slurs
Look at myself in the magic mirror

Each woman I've fallen in love with
Takes me for a poetic journey
Damaging my epicenter unintentionally
With their intentional misguidance

A dozen times I've told you that I love you.
A dozen times you've rejected my claim.

Our story was the greatest secret untold
From the suicidal agreement
To the exchange of self-inflicted disease
The bearings of direction kept us straight

I've filed a counter suit
I'm filling charges against you
Bringing in the law
And the men in finest suits

A dozen times I've told you that I love you.
A dozen times you've rejected my claim.

Our lives flashed before us
We were headed for a collision course
The consumers and commuters saw it
Sisters knew truths and mothers too

We both wished for something beautiful
But our loss was greater than our gains
The destruction of our consciousness
Became the focal point of our existence

A dozen times I've told you that I love you.
A dozen times you've rejected my claim.


A dozen times I tried to forget you
A dozen times I tried to leave you

A dozen times I tried to love you
A dozen times I tried to mend you




© 2012 David Greg Harth
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