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The man you use to be
lovable yet not perfect
is not the man I know today
I try to reach you
with everything I hold dear
but nothing I cherish
you seem to care about
the man you left behind
when you change into another

My heart bleeds
everyone sees
the pain I carry everyday
hoping for something
that will never be
the man you use to be
you left behind
when you change into another

You fight for the things
you do not wish for me to have
you take away my pride
the respect I search is not in you
a gentle heart left behind
a listening ear you close off
no understanding can be found
the man I once new
I simply can't reach
you left behind
when you change into another

I've given up on you
the hopes and dreams
is just an illusion
in a desert without water
to quench the thirst
of a lonely heart
made refresh by you love
you left behind
when you change into another

A cactus with its thorns
I have become for you
when you try to touch me
with sweet caresses
ending in disappointment
when you change into the man
I did not marry left behind
when you change into another

I wait and wait
for the day I can open up my heart
again for the man
lovable yet not perfect
not the man I know today

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