Poem2024-07-25T09:32:52+00:00

AS IF YOU EVER CARED...

By: Sarah L.

AS IF YOU EVER CARED...
THE WAY YOU MADE ME FEEL...
WHEN I SAW YOU LOOK AT OTHER GIRLS...
WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT OTHER GIRLS...
THE WAY YOU USE TO LOOK AT ME...
WAS NOW BEING DIRECTED TOWARDS SOMEONE ELSE...

AS IF YOU EVER CARED...
ABOUT HOW I WOULD FEEL...
ABOUT HOW YOU CALLED ME YOUR "HOE"...
WHAT THE HELL...
YOU ONLY SAID IT IN FRONT OF ALL YOUR FRIENDS...


AS IF YOU EVER CARED...
ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVED YOU...
ABOUT EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID THE THINGS YOU DID...
I STILL STOOD BY YOUR SIDE...
I STILL HELD YOUR HAND...
I STILL WITHHELD YOUR SACRED NAME...
IN THE NAME OF OUR LOVE...

AS IF YOU EVER CARED...
ABOUT HOW MY FRIENDS TOLD ME...
THAT YOU WERE NO GOOD...
THAT YOU WOULD ONLY HURT ME IN THE END...
BUT DID I LISTEN...
NO...
BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE FOR ME TO LOVE...

AS IF YOU EVER CARED...
THAT EVERYNIGHT...
I WOULD CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP AFTER YOU LEFT ME...
I WOULD HOLD YOUR PICTURES INSTEAD OF YOUR HAND...
AS THE THE LAST MEMORY OF YOU...
IT MADE ME SICK TO SEE YOU WITH HER...
BUT YOU WERE HAPPY THEN...
AND I WAS ALONE...

AS IF YOU EVER CARED...


Dedicated to: Ben C.