By CJ King
Submitted by hairdiva
Date: 2007 Jan 03
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Lapses

Let's let each other know who we are next time
We fall in love
Let's know the depths of cruelty one can reach into
In moments of resounding reality, of boundless anger.  

I know you now
After I loved you
After

And it doesn't seem like an adult move
Tho I've earned the right to call myself an adult
Except, sometimes, when it comes to you.  
I seem to lose my rights to adulthood in black moments.

There are no ways back to each other
I've tried to find them
Alone, all by myself
While you were off drinking yourself into oblivion.

I lay awake those nights
Believe me, I knew
Because I know you now
After I loved you
After.  

Your anger at me is unfounded.  
It was simply a matter of timing
I am still just that girl in the airport
Who already loved you
Before I knew who you really were.  

Before I knew
That you required perfection
In the face of your imperfections.