you were never quick to loving
i remember
last november
when you told me you had never
trusted anyone that way
it was never quite a question
of authentic
or romantic
just a promise quite pedantic
of 'forever and a day'
we convinced ourselves of feelings
that were plastic
and elastic
and we thought it was fantastic
not the normal give-and-get
but the glow and gleam all faded
all the shimmer
and the glimmer
and the sparkles all went dim
just like a burned-out cigarette
