Poetry Puzzle Pieces

Temporary Solutions

I never thought that one was 'not enough'

But then there were two.

Then I started to see what the others meant

Because one person can only give so much;

Two can give much more.

What my young eyes saw was a role model -

             Someone to play games with,  

             Someone to read stories to,

             Someone to laugh with,

              Another member of the family.

But at the same time everyone else saw a temporary solution to a permanent problem

    As I said:

            Temporary.

So yeah, you where there when it was easy.

   When I cried about the day ending.

    When I had to colour for homework

After that I became the defective child.

All because I went from Two, One, Two, One within the space of nine years.

                   You said you loved me -

                  Do you even know what love is?

I sometimes wonder what it would be like if you stayed...

    I guess you tried being a replacement;

   I guess you didn't like it.

But you didn't think about the scarred heart and mind you left behind.

                                    Oh well.

S i x  w o r d s ,  N i n  e t e e n   l et t e r s :

Hey, I did it without you.