X-Lover
"X-Lover"
I always sort of knew I’d end up the ‘ex’,
me being the one
pureed in a blender.
And after three painstaking,
agonizing years, I still get jealous
when I see you around with someone else.
But that’s just the thing:
why do I always see you
holding someone other girl’s
- not woman’s, not yet anyway - hand?
You date because you have to,
not because you’re in love
- I’ve learned that one firsthand.
The girl you’re with’s not
in love with you, either.
But she’ll be the one
to fall, not you.
That’s how it’ll happen,
and I, for one,
am going to say
that that’s just not fair.
But I guess all’s fair
in love and high school.
