if i told you i loved you
it would wash right away
it cannot mend or fix
and it is just a word people say

i feel your hands on me
but i am empty
and i start to sigh
so washed out…

and just when i think –
i have you to hold
exclusively on my own
dreams start to fold
i know there is a new name in your phone

exclusive rights
you will never own
no property deeds
she will always roam

i have signed up –
to hypocrisy
their new found love
hurts –
like a personal conspiracy

he plays his cards
i watch and listen
having played –
the game myself

my windows –
have illegal errors
and my shared drive –
just wants to be on its own

in the very least –
you woke me up
and woke me up to myself
reminded me,
that there was no need to be somebody else