I told you,
You would be my last,
My final someone,
My last love on this earth.

My emotions,
You toyed with them,
As if I was a marionette,
And you held my strings,
So firmly in your grasp.

You knew what I would do,
How I would react,
So why?
Why would you do this?
I know why,
As does one other,
But neither of us will speak,
Your secret is safe.

My love,
Oh, no,
My past,
My former love,
I told you,
You would be my last,
Yes, I did.

You told me,
You'd heard that,
Many a time before,
I replied simply,
I'm not them,
But I am, now.

I apologized,
Too much,
Sorry,
Wasn't enough,
Won't ever be.

I asked for,
Things you wouldn't give,
Called me horrible,
But for him,
You do these things,
Without question.

I see now,
I was wrong,
You weren't who I thought you were,
No, you wore your mask well,
My former love.

An old friend,
She came to me,
We found solace,
In eachothers company,
I realized, it was her,
All those times you wouldn't be with me,
All the times I was sad,
You prefered the company of others,
To that of mine.

It was her,
That was always there
Her, when I needed someone,
And now she's here,
For me,
Willingly,
Like you never would be.
Like you never wanted to be.

I'm sorry,
So sorry,
I lied to you,
Nothing can make up
For what I said,
Just know,
After what you've said,
I have no illusions anymore.

My life,
Isn't what it once was,
You know that best of all,
As does she.
But what I see now,
She is my guide,
Like you once were,
but refused to be any more.

She is here for me,
I am there for her.
Trust we have between us,
And a tentative love,
A delicate flower
But trust above all

I thought I could trust you,
But you,
You toyed with me
You toyed with my emotions,
And I regret all that now

I'm sorry,
Former love,
I lied to you,
There is someone else,
Whom I never cheated on you with,
But they are always here for me,
Like you wouldn't be.

I did once love you,
But as your feelings diminished for me,
So did my love for you.

Again,
A thousand times over I am sorry,
And a thousand times more,
I will hear you say, it does not matter.

There is someone else,
You know her well,
As do I.

You've shunned her,
Once too many times,
I went to her,
She came to me

We are together now,
Her and I.

Lastly,
My former love,
My apologies,
For my lie,
I know now,
The weight of what I said,
The times in which I said it were not ideal,
For you, nor for me.

I wish you the best,
May your journeys lead you far,
And your happiness be never-ending,
As mine is,
Now.

Penned by my hand on the 11th of Ios, in the year 100 MA.