Like all the pretty romance novels
I thought that I could change him
He would be the hero
& I would be his heroin
I'd save him from himself
Teach him how to love
I'd be the one that he would run to
The one to hold his heart
Epic were my plans
Deflated was reality
Nothing is how it should be
No matter what the cost
To teach a boy to love
Is a risk that so few take
I guess I cowered from the chance
That his bite was as bad as his bark
One word and I would have risen
Taken up the challenge
As flowers wilt in heat
A heart withdraws from indifference
To say I was in love
Perhaps would be a lie
But to say that I was willing
Is to speak soft words of truth
It's grand to keep on wishing
Even in the dark
But to hold that candle up at night
Is the worst kind of denial
