Assignment #18: My Poem

When you tell me you're not lying,
I believe you but the truth hurts.
"I do kiss other girls."
These five simple words broke me down.
It's the first time you have ever cut me down with the truth.
I don't understand, tell me you're lying.

Three minutes later.
I'm crouched in the corner,
not uttering a sound.

"Are you ok?"
These words aren't from your mouth.
I look up, tears rolling down my face like a raindrop rolling down a window.
It's not your face I see.
The face I see is that of an ex-lover.
Once he spoke those words to me I knew.
I knew we were never meant to be lovers,
but best friends.
He was there for me when the tears from another boy were there too.

I love you.

Now this phrase means so much more.
Behind these words is trust, friendship, honesty, and forgiveness.
Now these words are sacred.
They are spoken between a girl and a boy and yet it means so much more.