I Understand Now

by kelli bircket (Aries) - Not entered

I read your old notes today.
Funny, how they make me remember so much.
Things I had forgotton...
little, unimportant things 
that seem so important now.
Maybe that's what happened to us.
You told me that I never believed you 
when you said that you loved me.
And I didn't.
But your notes mean something more now.
They show me how wrong I had been.
I can see what you went through with me.
How I kept you all to myself 
so that you could hardly breath.
How I preached to you about love
when there was so many things 
that I needed to learn.
Maybe you pitied me when I spoke...
saw me as a small girl,
trying to show the world how big she was.
How long you had tried to tell me...
tried to hang on to be easy on me.
I don't know if I will be able to tell you
and show you that I understand now,
but I think that you will know
that this small girl sees 
her own reflection in her mirror
and recognizes it as herself.
Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1998-01-18 20:33:33
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:39:55
Poem ID: 48556

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