By Dana
Date: 2003 Mar 18
Comment on this Work
[[2003.03.18.05.51.19700]]

A Year Gone By

I really thought the move
would have brought us closer.
I thought
I'd have someone
to talk to. Someone
to confide in.
It's been a year
and I still feel as alone as ever.

I feel terrible that you and I
don't share the relationship
that I longed for. I feel
as though you shut me out.
I thought I meant more.
Maybe I was wrong. Maybe
I should have tried harder.
Than again,
I was the one who had to
sacrifice.
For you.
You got exactly what you wanted
which, obviously
didn't include me.

I thought you would have tried harder.
I thought you would have been more
considerate and less selfish.
I thought you and I
would have clicked.
You meant a lot to me
and I thought I meant more to you.

I imagined so much more
than what you gave.
I imagined I'd have you
to cry with
to vent on
to laugh with
to be with
to understand.
When in actuality,
as the year progressed
you became more distant.
I thought we had a better relationship
than that.

I really thought the move
would have brought us closer.
I thought
I'd have someone
to talk to. Someone
to confide in.
It's been a year
and I still feel as alone as ever.