Ladder Love

Perched on a ladder
I see you climbing ladder love
You're grasping a new rung,
still holding on to the last one

You've taken my heart
for granted, quick to depart,
You grabbed onto the next rung
Forsooth, quick to forget my heart

I see your longing
for commitment, so bizarre
longing to be committed to
but not wanting to commit too

I thought you didn't think
my heart to be worth your time
Guess I was wrong - it looks like
you think your heart wasn't worth mine

You always chided me, saying
don't let your love be like a ladder
Yet you did worse than I, finding the next,
before our end - as though I mattered not...

© copyright by Michèle Aimée Lahaie, 2010