Sitting easy in my chair
Alone with just my books
Happy now that you’re not there
For all of your soft looks
You showed me who I hadn’t been
And what was never true
And all deceit and lying mean
When loving such as you.
You showed me how appealing grace
Can signify just art
And underneath a pleasing face
Can lie the blackest heart.
You taught me how the stars and moon
Remain fixed in the sky
No matter how o’er sweet your tune
That ‘fore me they would lie.
You taught me how times common tides
Can wash away at rock
And leave but sand upon all sides
Hard promises to mock.
Sometimes it is a fools mistake
To judge books by their covers
But not so bad for pities sake
As doing so with false lovers.
I turn the pages easily
And read without a care
There is no shadow over me
Now that you’re not there.