Solomon Francis
I’ve forgotten
How beautiful you’re
Looking at you right now
I see my mistake
For long have I neglected you
Acted like you never existed
But looking at the way he stared at you
The way admiration sat in his eyes
Everything
Made me realize
How stupid I’ve been
Then I remembered what first attracted me
How I wish
I’d take everything back
Be punished for my stupidity
‘Cause I know “sorry” isn’t enough
I know I missed it the very day
My eyes began roaming
And my heart started chasing
The thing between the thighs
I forgot how it all started with you
Being the light of my world
And all
How it was always you and no one else
I know I’ve no say
No, not anymore
Yet, still, I plead
Not necessarily you love me back
But please,
Don’t leave me
If you do,
My life will rot in wastefulness
Please,
Forgive me
Let’s go back to the beginning
Of how things once were between us
Please, my love
Though I don’t deserve to call you that
Still, that’s who you’ve always been to me
I was just so stupid to keep it that way
Please, my love
Don’t leave me
Not now when my senses are found
Not now that I’ve realised my stupidity
Not now when I’ve come to realise
How forgetful I’ve been all this while
Not now when I’ve realised
How foolish I’ve let myself become
Please, my love
Don’t leave me
No, not now when I’ve come to realise
No one completes me better than you do
No, not now when I’ve come to realise
That you’re the only woman
That has always been there
Despite the distastes of life
And now I pay for that foolishness
But please,
Don’t repay me that way
You’ll only end up tearing me apart
©Solomon Francis
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