Something drew me to you,
right from the beginning.
Everyone around me
told me not to fall for you.
I wondered why they made me
keep my distance from you.
When we finally got together,
everything was so perfect,
but my friends kept telling me
to stay away, you’re trouble!
I just couldn’t bare to lose you,
didn’t wanna let you go.
In the end it hurt me
but we had to split apart.
Now, after all this time,
I realize I still love you.
I’m sorry I listened to them.
Please forgive my mistake.
I need you back in my life.
They had me so confused.
Written November 8, 1998.
I find it interesting to go back and revisit some of the things I wrote as a teenager. The emotions were so raw. At the time, I truly believed there could be nothing after the heartbreak of lost love. I wrote this particular piece about a guy I truly couldn’t imagine a world without. Twenty years later, I can see clearly the things I couldn’t see then. He was trouble, a womanizer who truly only wanted one thing from me. It hurt so much then to think that could be true. And yet, I’m so very glad I listened to my friends. I truly didn’t appreciate their advice at the time.
Cathy Marie Bown 