Other thoughts

I didn’t know these things had to be caught

like a cold or a baseball or a criminal that fought 

for the freedom to walk the streets for one more day

without the knowledge that he’d have to pay

for his crimes like I pay for these things

these emotions these things called feelings

Yeah I caught feelings like a disease that spread

from you to me not in the shower or on the bed

but in your eyes and in your smile

or the way that you walk through mile after mile

If you were to ask me though these things caught me

they chased me down for a nominal fee

I paid the price, but I didn’t have the money

So my heart is what you took when you threw away the key

I might have caught them they may have found me

but it doesn’t matter cause what will be will be

I hope that one day you will feel what I feel

but I just want to keep it realer than real

the straight up truth is that I lost this battle

but I have never been one to easily rattle

So I’ll have to live with what’s been done

and hope next time around I’ll win the next one.