Little White Lies

Little White Lies                                      March 31, 2006

I saw you out there

With that other man.

You looked at me

With this puzzled stare.

I knew right then

What we had, well,

Simply wasn't to be.

You looked like a convict,

A convict of love, the worst kind.

I know you weren't really wearing them,

But those black stripes really did fit on you.

You looked like you were trying

To exonerate yourself of wrong doing.

I guess you thought you were following your heart,

Never minding what you did to mine.

I talked to you the next morn,

And you said, "It wasn't what you think,"

But all I know is what I saw.

I saw you with the handsome, hideous man,

But I had enough resolve not to fall.

I did not fall for your little white lies.

I did not fall for your treachery.

I did not fall for your deception.

I will not take you back.

Love is the most peculiar beast

I've ever tried to tame.

I tried to conquer it when I undertook you,

But all I got was a mirage.

I swear I thought I loved you,

That you also loved me back.

Alas, there we speak again of the little white lie,

But I will not cry again over you.