By RainbowChaser
Date: 2003 Jan 01
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The Way You Used to Be

The way you used to be
the one who loved me, held me when I cried, and refused to judge me
The one who admired me completely
and adored me regardless of what i looked like

you made me laugh so easily
You gave your love so freely
You completed me on so many levels
we even travelled to heaven together

you used to be my friend, companion, confidante
You listened to me bitch
you took care of me during my roughest times
you worshipped me

There wasn't anything that could have caused you to stray from me
you introduced me to happiness
to the woman i was meant to become
you showed me unconditional love

Your smile brightened my days
I couldn't spend enough time with you
I treasured our moments together, and ached for more
kissing you set off sparks in my brain and in my body

How did you do it?
How did you make me fall completely in love with you
your dreams of us being together for eternity
your pleasure in the small things in life

The way you encouraged me to be your total equal in life
You depended on me for so much
and I depended on you for other things
money was no object when we were together

we made fun of people so guiltlessly
never considering that there were times when we were involuntarily part of their conversations
i saw your incomplete shell
i saw your hard ass side, never believing that you would eventually turn your back on me

fate separated us
but i believed with my whole heart that you wouldn't let it end us forever
but you turned your back on me
how i miss the way you used to be

when laughter escaped from your mouth
when a smile rode on your lips
and when you made stupid jokes just to see me smile
your pleasure at little things, how much you resembled a little boy

you taught me so much
i thought that i had taught you
but you find it so easy to leave
to never look back

you told me that you never broke promises
but what about this
what about how you ended our relationship,
the one that was supposed to be a friendship

you called in the beginning
but the calls weren't exactly calls, but more of check-ins
until they eventually stopped
as you severed all ties

I miss the way you used to be
the way you used to love me
the way you were my everything, and i was yours
but maybe you stopped being that way to protect yourself

deep down I believe that you know the price you've paid
you may make more money now
but you aren't happy
you will never be as happy as you were with us

i think you know that
which is why you shield yourself from my view, from my touch, from my heart
but you've saved me
because I no longer have to choose between two people i love equally

maybe i was naive to think that they could accept you
that i would be willing to give them up
would i have?
society would have turned their backs on us and our children

i miss the way you used to be,
your ways were so non-male
until the very end
and then you changed to someone I don't even know anymore

Who or what consumes your days now
do you still watch kevin smith dvds
do you still get down and crave chocolate and coffee
or even still buy yourself toys

does the thought of us holding each other in the rain spark a soft spot in you
or are you truly over what we once had
does the thought of our last two weeks together make you sad
sad, that you didn't take me with you

I could have made you so happy
things could have stayed the same, including you
but you refused to try
and instead decided to change into someone who doesn't have room in his life for me, our past, or our future together