i don’t mind that you loved her
i don’t mind she was your everything at
one point in time
i’ve been there before, i’m there again
with you
i can’t find a flaw in her
she is seemingly non-human
she is a glimmering and shining example
of a model girl
your type
your perfection
but when you say that you love me
and you need me
and you will for the time to come
and i peak at the crests of your words
and fold in the troughs of your arms
and you whisper you love me
and the hours pass and her name passes
as well
through your beautiful lips pressed to
the phone
and you say that i misheard you
and you avoid any mention of her
and you construct stories
on why she is no longer in your bed
and i am
i don’t mind that you think of her
i mind, however
that at 3 a.m.
when you say you love me and my name
hers is the one that haunts the air
long after the dial tone ceases