Sunday, July 12, 2009

Horrible Hindsight.

I got her.
I almost gave up, but I got her.
She really wanted me, turns out.
I never knew.
I never knew love.
This was love, at it's best.
I loved her, she loved me.
The rest of the world faded away.
Sank into nothingness.
There was only us,
each other.
Others butted in,
but I shooed them away.
I took away everything from her,
everything that I didn't like.
I changed her,
made her my own.
She'd do anything for me.
She'd move mountains,
mow over those in her way.
For a good cause, though.
Love, at it's finest.
We made vows,
speculations,
of what our lives would be,
together, for eternity.

But, I've got cold feet.
No bells are ringing, though.
I see what I have,
and am hit by what I don't.
She's my best friend.
She's my world.
If I lost her, I'd lose everything.
But I don't know what's worse;
putting her through this,
or leaving her.

I love her,
I think.
I'm not who she is,
the loyal, experienced being.
I need experience.
I need to know what I have is the best.
What I had.
I might never get her back.
I'd know exactly what I need,
but I would have lost it,
lost it to my fear,
my virginity.

Nothing is nice, anymore.
No route leads to happiness
without passing through pain and suffering.
Nothing is bliss.
Like the love I once knew.
The love I once yearned for,
that I could not have.

I'm just a boy,
bored with his new toy.
I've forgotten the novelty.
What it is to be in love.
She knows.
I envy her.
I envy her knowing,
her assurance.

I want to give her the world,
but I cannot,
simply because I don't know what I have.
The gift.
How good my love is.
I'd do anything.
I'd give my life to feel this love
I once knew.

I'm sorry, my Taylor,
please excuse my forgetfulness.
I know I love you,
but I cannot prove it.
I'm sorry.

But know, dear,
when I say you'll be with me,
at my end,
I mean it.
If I can't guarantee anything,
I can give you that.
I know I've done you wrong,
including right now,
but you deserve nothing like this.
You deserve loyalty
and assurance,
from the one you love most.
Give me time, honey.

I'm still learning.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Nobody For Miles...

My parents are in Cooperstown, NY with Tanner for a baseball-thingy. They're coming back Friday and until then, Cameron and I get to laze around our house, doing practically nothing. It's fun, because we get to do things like, not put anything away, take showers at 3 and scream obsecenities at the top of our lungs. Well, just me, for the last one, anyway. It's a little peek into the bachelor's life I would live. I haven't eaten anything hot for three days, and it's a FUCKING pigsty in here. It's nothing I don't want, though. No parents to run away from or to negotiate with; it's just about the best week ever.