Like She Does

This is a poem about love and loss and revenge and the death of souls. Why do we act and react the way we do when someone leaves us? Pain and fear. The pain is immediate. Someone doesn't love us anymore. We are unloveable. The fear floods in next. We will never be loved again. We will die alone. In this poem the heroine acts out in response to being left alone after a tempestuous relationship. She's her own downfall. She could have been happy with her new lover had she not occupied her mind with getting revenge on the one that left her.

It also speaks of the difference in relationships. We crave the rush of falling in love. We crave the highs that new love brings. But it can't last. Our hormones will regulate and if we don't have stability and compatibility underneath our love is doomed to fail. If we stop chasing that dragon, euphoric love, and learn to be comfortable in the stable, mid-range love we can build better, longer lasting relationships.

This is LIKE SHE DOES:

It’s once in a lifetime
That someone comes along
Who can wreck your whole world
And leave you wanting more

Every moment you spend
Gets you higher and higher
And you seem to forget
Whatever came before

Until it all comes crashing down

You’ll never love me like she does
You’ll never treat me as well
She’ll never leave me like you did
Tortured and broken on the ground

But I can’t stop thinking of you
Of those moments of bliss
In all the chaos and mess
I can’t stop thinking of you
And all the passion I felt
I’ll never feel that again.

She’s safe and secure
She always answers the phone
And when I’m lying with her
I never feel alone

She never gets me high
But she never gets me low
And I can’t help but want
What I had before

And then it all comes crashing down

I’ll never love her like you did
I’ll never treat her as well
You’d never leave her like I did
Tortured and broken on the ground

But I can’t stop thinking of you
Of those moments of bliss
In all the chaos and mess
I can’t stop thinking of you
And all the passion I felt
I’ll never feel that again

I’ll never feel that again