Before I Saw You

<p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>We all know the rhyme. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Sticks and stones may break my bones </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>but words will never hurt me. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Except that's a lie. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Because his words didn't just hurt me </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>they broke my heart. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>A heart that has only ever beat for him. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Shattering</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> me. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>But after one moment stuck in an elevator together </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>his walls come down and buried feelings crawl to the surface to play. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>And play we do. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>So I forgive him. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>It's hard not to when he's been the only man I've ever loved. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The only man able to give me what I need. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>But the question is </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>will he forgive me? </span></p><p><br></p>