To The Girl Who Will Replace Me

To the girl who will replace me
I think it's best I tell you straight
You ought to know a few sharp facts
About the boy you're soon to date

Although charming he may seem
You'll learn his love is just a fix
Lies will linger on his tongue
And you'll play victim to his tricks

You'll be familiar with his frown
The one he'll pull when he's been caught
And when you quiz him on his ways
He'll have done 'nothing of the sort'

You'll have bruises on your hips
From where he'll hold you oh so tight
But you won't get that explanation
To where he was the previous night

His friends will swear that it's a miracle
You putting him on track
Secretly knowing what he's up to,
Laughing there behind your back

He'll call you his rare diamond
Claiming he is but a stone
Then he'll crush you in an instant
Causing aches deep in the bone

But if there's one thing you'll observe
From the boy who has it all
It's that ever-living beauty
Between the rise and fall

The loyalty between you,
It won't break just like your heart
And he'll genuinely miss you
Whenever you're apart

Though he acts so unaffected
When you scream that you are through
If you gaze into those pupils
You will see he's hurting too

And when he's acting like a robot
With no feeling of remorse
You'll have tampered with his heart strings
With such a heavy force

So please love him while you can
And just don't be another me,
Don't you fail at trying to change him!
Be the girl who made him see.

January '09