I was thinking

Of love so true

I knew exactly

What I would do

When she would open

Up her door

My knee would drop

And hit the floor.

I would present

Her with a ring

Say she was to me

Everything

And ask her to

Complete my life

And say that she

Would be my wife.

But as I walked

Up to the door

I heard a voice

Louder than before

It shouted at me

Inside my head

And brought to me

O so much dread.

“You are weak

You do annoy

Especially when

You cling and cloy

You make me sick

When you fuss and fawn

I often wish

That you were gone.”

My smile was gone

She opened the door

Then she said

We had nothing more

We’d call it quits

Yes, we were through

She closed the door

And I sighed, “Phew.”

I dodged a bullet

And I was free

I did not end up

On bended knee

Providence saved me

On that day

When I was the one

That got away.