lied

not what you think

The day I met you,
I told you
one big fat lie,
to be fair,
I didn't know it at the time.

I said, in a way
that sounded clear and true,
"I will NEVER do love again,"
 emphatically.
and you said that suited you, too.
but now there is a you and I,
that somehow snuck up on me.
and I find myself hoping,
you lied to me too.

Author's Note

Reviews

[willweb]

Adding this one to my favorites instantly. Great write here KLGoode. This feels wonderful to me. Your talent is fantastic.

[Lyn Anderson]

Aww, thanks Will. I think you are pretty special yourself.:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

my girlfriend and i had both said that too...we'd had enough...but sometimes it sneaks back up on you...and you end up just letting it happen once again.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yeah, kind of figured that out, thanks for popping in.:)

[Green]

The good news about saying things like that, is that people almost always just assume you're lying when you say it anyways. I found this work appealing to the hopeless romantic side of me; it had so many emotions encapsulated in the words (longing, hope, love, a little fear). Good write and I hope it all works out for you.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, I appreciate that. But how is it that the liar doesn't always know they are lying?

[Green]

It's a mystery of life, I guess, or at least a question I'll never have the answer to.

[Kenneth The Poet]

If you say something like that, you know you are lying.

I just love your work.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for the compliment. Sometimes we lie ourselves into believing our own lies.:)

[Frieda P]

Pants on fire in more ways than one KL! Strangers things have happened I suppose...

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes stranger things indeed. :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

See what thought did! You strayed into the mine field thinking all the mines were duds and bang you died again! Do hopoe the answer is yes though.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yeah, yeah, I don't know how you remain so hopefully romantic.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

It's called being brain dead I think!

[Lydia Shutter]

This says so much. The words we say and the emotions we THINK we feel often change with time. Not sure why that happens, but it does...and it hurts. Such an honest write, KL. I liked it a lot. Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much. Honesty in dishonesty. Such as it is.

[stars are far]

oh yes, i did lie the same, and well it kinda made me wanna cry ,those few words made me choke and my eyes tear, that was, great work, its touched my heart and my memories

[Lyn Anderson]

Sorry to make you cry, but I am glad it had the impact I intended.

[stars are far]

its fine, everything will be okay one day ..and that what makes a good writer