I have a confession to make, tj...I didn't write this poem from experience. I actually just started playing around with words, and put myself in this situation that I have never experienced. I am an actress, so I am somewhat skilled at becoming someone else and seeing things from their perspective. I tried to write this as though a lover had suddenly changed, and now the narrator no longer knows who that person really is. I thought it turned out well for having never lived it. As I wrote it, I could feel the emotions brewing inside me: the anger, mistrust, bewilderment, and betrayal the person I portrayed would feel. I apologize if this disappoints you in any way...I was experiementing with scenarios and different writing scenes, and this was the outcome. It was more of a story than an outpour of emotion. I am also a writer, so this was sort of like a poetic short story. I hope you don't mind.

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