the three pieces (of my heart)

the three pieces (of my heart)

My heart was split into three
and I gave a piece to each of you

Girl number one
was a friend I had met through
summer school.

She was loud, proud, and full of energy.
but she had a few other sides
to her that she was, and probably still is trying to figure out.

On the last day, I planned to
tell her my true feelings.
But that on that day
she never came.

I didn%u2019t see her again
for six months.
and by that time, she had found someone else.

She forgot about the piece after summer,
and soon moved on
she found it again six months later

But by then it was too late

She didn%u2019t need it and
tried to give it back.
However, to this day
she still has the piece

Girl number two
To be honest was originally
a rebound from number one
that grew into something
more...at least on my part

She found she didn't know
what to do
with the piece I gave her

So she let it thrive for a week
and then stabbed it with the harsh
prongs of hate

She continued to torture it for
a month and a half before she got bored
and threw the piece in
the sewer

A week later
still she called it back to her, but it
wasn%u2019t what it had been
it was more cautious
and eventually she let it go

Needless to say,
she doesn%u2019t have
the piece anymore, and
I%u2019ll be damned if
I give another to her.

Girl number three,
we met through the net
and it was a thrill a second
she was nice and cautious
and frankly hated herself

I tried to be there
as much as I could
through the good
and the bad
and I gave her the third piece.

I thought that
we would be
together forever
but fate, it seemed
had a trick up its sleeve.

Over time
we drifted
and I see now
that I should have
done more
tried harder
or at least told her more.

She kept her piece warm
and treated it well
until other things occupied her mind.

Not that I feel I can blame her
the piece sits with her still
though its torn and bleeding

Now I sit here crying
over what was,
what could have been,
and what is.

All I have left to say
to the three is
I%u2019m sorry.

I%u2019m sorry I wasted your time
I%u2019m sorry I tried
and I%u2019m sorry
I caused you pain.

Even if
the only pain you felt
was pain at
causing mine
To flow endlessly out.