you really did a number on me this time

day after day I think about you
first when I wake,
and now the birds are gone while
I bike in the rain.

I'd say this isn't fair,
but you'd just throw the past in my face;
that's the crutch, not me –
I am more concerned about the future.

for the longest time,
I felt I wouldn't qualify,
but the simple hope you gave
you also took away.