"The last boy who told me that he would love me foreveris getting married to someone that he calls..."

“The last boy who told me

that he would love me forever

is getting married to someone

that he calls his soulmate.

He writes about her on Facebook

and I don’t know why I have yet

to delete him or why I still

have the RSVP that he sent to me

months ago. He said forever

but I know now that he meant

until he finds someone who can be

exactly what he had always

needed. And I always knew that

I could never be that woman

that stays home while he works,

waiting to hear the door open

to greet him like it was the first time

I had seen him in weeks. I knew

that I could never be the woman

who would put his needs before

my own, or who could wait to get what

I wanted from the hands of someone else.

So now whenever anyone

tells me that they will love me forever,

I will just remind myself of the time

when forever felt like it meant

until someone better comes along.”

- CB