eight years ago

i lied
   the kind
     ruining lives
self-righteous
           imagining
       contentment apart
           ours
i lied... it was best
freeing me
   you to her
     i lied
the lie
  keeping you
     far
keeping me far
   the lie
i don't love
    you

By Sweet Jane used with the permission of the poet.
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