Have You Thought About This? Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Have you thought about this?
For every minute and second,
Of those days and nights we spent together...
You were made to believe by others,
I was only with you to satisfy my needs.
To take advantage of the benefits,
To use to get from you to do as I pleased.
And I told you...
Stop listening to those who were liars and thieves.
And were are your companions now?
Have you thought about this?

Where are they now?
The people who convinced you,
Only to do it to deceive.
Where are they now?
The people who convinced you,
From me you should leave.
Have you thought about this?

Where are they now?
Those close friends.
Whispering to share their miseries,
In someone else's ears.
Or have they left that for you to do,
Between drying your eyes...
And waking up to the truth.
Did you discover it wasn't me but you,
They played for a fool to use?
Have you thought about this?
I use to.
Until I realized...
You left me vicitmizing myself.
To believe to you I should apologize!

And...
I thought about that and I thought about you.
And I thought about the relationship,
I believed was shared with a love we knew.
But too much truth was there for me to see,
You were living your life to appease...
False friends to please.
And where are they now?
Have you thought about this?
I have.
And I am glad those thoughts,
Have long been gone.
To allow me to move on to know true happiness.