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Happy Birthday

Writing goodbye notes, this time to you
It's our birthday, oh happy day
And I'm reliving everything you put me through
Trying to figure out what to say
It started as a love story, I fell for you
You were dashing and handsome, you cared
There was no foreshadowing the things you would do
Just an ease and a gentleness you shared
You taught me to roller skate (why the hell does that matter?)
It would become my saving grace
That simple act took you one step further
In your journey to have me abased
For it made me trust you, believe your devotion
Think all said and done was quite real
I didn't know it was to set in motion
Your plan to cop a feel
Yet I still loved you, thought you loved me
Your secret would not pass my lips
Now looking back at our history
There were so many cues that I missed
But I was just 5, the opposite of worldly
I was sheltered in a cocoon
The signs were all there, but I didn't see
What would happen in that room
Fast forward years, bring us to today
You've been in my mind so long
I've decided it's time to find a way
To make you and your influence gone
So I'm taking a breath and taking a leap
And trusting that I can fly
As a promise to myself that I'll surely keep
To you, I'm saying goodbye

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