The Truth I Lied To You

A Short Poem

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“Now I really don’t know what to say. 

I lied, 

I lied right to your face. 

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I told you that night that it was something other,

But really, it was something confined, 

It was covered.

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I could barely keep myself together after that.

I couldn’t look at you, 

The tears wouldn’t hold back.

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Now the doubts have crept in,

As they always seemingly do,

Was it really the right thing to do?

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I know in my heart, out of my love for you,

I hoped I’d be the one who’d protect you.

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But my problems aren’t yours, you don’t need that stress.

I was supposed to be your rock, and I was something less. 

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We committed our future, to live by what’s true,

But there was conscious deliberation, and I chose to lie to you.”

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