Just Friends (Affection Deficit Disorder

by EmBeth - Libra

they never tell you about it
the other A.D.D.
they don't give you a list of symptoms
to recognize it by

maybe they realize
that you wouldn't believe them anyway
you would lie to them
	no no HE isn't like that
and you would lie to yourself
	of course I know it'll end sometime
	of course I'm not taking it seriously

but little by little
you start believing
or at least suspecting
that the words spoken so sincerely today
will have relevance tomorrow
and that's when you've gone too far

so that when he gets bored or loses interest
	and he will
it WILL hurt
more than you expected
or anticipated
more than makes it comfortable 
to be 'just friends'

Reason for writing:

    Whenever I have a problem, especially dealing with guys, I write about it.  There are less consequences than if you tell them to their faces, and it gets out my feelings.  After a brief relationship with a chronic flirt, who changed his mind constantly, I came up with this syndrome and poem.    

Birth sign: Libra
Date created: 2000-07-08 14:06:25
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:28
Poem ID: 56824

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