I'm Just a Notch on Your Bedpost; You're Just a Line in a Poem

Your first words
Still ring strong in my head.
I still remember that feeling
When I heard the words you said.

I couldn't believe that you
Would want someone like me.
I was so blinded by emotion
That you were all I could see.

Things went well
For a short while.
Every time you looked at me
My heart would gently smile.

But then when you told me
That you no longer want more
I didn't know what to do -
I suddenly felt like a w#*re.

Did I ever mean anything to you,
Or was I always just scratch on your wall?
Did you lead me on like this,
So you could eagerly watch me fall?

My feelings for you
Were always real.
You just have to read all my poems
To understand how I feel.

Your bedpost is full of notches,
That I now see.
I guess that last one
Was the notch representing me.

Copyright�©JosieWentzel22 November 2007