Dear John Message

By: Fee

I got the message that you texted me today

When I read it I didn’t know what to say

Because you called me by another’s name

I wish I’d never read the words I read today

I read the first line that asked if I were there

Went on to read about how much you care

Then what I read tore my whole world apart

Words not meant for me that much was clear

I guess he messaged you the same time as I

And somehow you mixed up your reply

“I love you” written before someone else’s name

I kept reading it and kept asking myself why

Now I’m deleting all that’s left of me and you

I’ll consign it to a box words that are not true

I’ll wipe my tear on a printout of the words

That you wrote to someone else my “I love you.”