A Girl I Thought I Knew

I opened up my heart willfully
And showed you to the most comfortable chair
In the innermost of it's chambers.

I entrusted you with the spare key
In case I needed someone to break in and save me from myself.
Sometimes, that's just what you had to do.
Heaven knows, you were my saving grace when I needed it most.

You know secrets that I made the walls plug their ears to.
Nobody else had heard those whispers I so openly shared with you.
And what about the ones you shared with me?

We spent nights laughing til 2 am about silly quotes only the two of us could decipher and argued about which scene our favorite movie star looked best in.

You finished my sentences, my thoughts, my laughs, my smiles....
and eventually you were just finished
with
me.

And when you told me you were leaving, I spoke words of comfort, of hope, mostly of desperation.
I promised I'd help you in any way that I possibly could.

And you chose to go despite my best efforts.
At that point, all I could impart to you were my tears and feelings of utter loss and confusion.

I dedicated four and half years of my life only to be dismissed
by a girl I thought I knew.