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Been a nice run, time has come
Been a nice run, but our time has come
It's amazing how long we've dealt with each other
From schoolmates to friends to lovers
To friends again to friends with benefits
That bend the line that separates the two
It's so amazing that 15 years I've seen you
The longest off and on relationship
Exceeding all else I've had
I've seen you hourglass and happy
To down and out, hurting and sad
So many things has happened since 93
Life's been shaping me and taken me
To new places of wisdom
Fallen and risen as I watch this movie called living
Forbidden nights we've seen, whenever you felt it was
Deemed necessary by having a husband that murdered
Your self esteem
Killed your dreams, because of the kids kept him around
Even though he mentally and physically beat you down
So me and a strong drink you then found
Escape filled your lungs, so now you drown
Slip away into the darkness of the night with no sound
No strings attached so much attention you lacked
I represent the road you wish you had taken
As you reminisce back…
Back to 1993 when you had no kids single and free
I remember it was that fall you chilled with me
We we're on the brink of something
But really turned out to be a heartfelt fling
Right at the cusp of a relationship
6 months of rendezvous and then it turned into nothing
You left my world with really no explanation
No calls no show, oh well you know I wasn't waiting
Moved on never thought I would see you again
5 years later I would run into my special friend
Look like your life has changed, mine is kind of in the same
Refrain since you left
My life has gotten more in depth
Baby it look like you need to exhale those breaths
Seem like a lot of pain has crept
She's been sleeping with the enemy, into turmoil been swept
Into a hurricane union, the eye of the storm
So she looks to me for comfort in the hours of pre dawn
Here you don't belong, but here you find yourself
Seemed like you couldn't confide in no one else
Felt kind of lost so to me you would flee
Kids, marriage and pain later, wish you would've stuck with me
I said to myself people lose out when they have all those options
Reaping what you sow, it's just no stopping
So we see each other intimately throughout the years
Set aside our cares when we enter in here
You never asked no questions about what I had going on
Neither did I we just basically… got it on
After years of meetings, it seems so routine and cold
You know after a while it's like a body with no soul
For some reason we still have a special connection
A respect for our history, our high school affection
Seen each other through many lessons
Phases like full moons and crescents
By this present day, I hope I've been a blessing
It seems like after all your tribulations
You've lost a lot
Now I see you're regaining your glory
Slowly rising back to the top
Haven't seen each other in quite some time
You still got it, you've reclaimed your fine
You start go on to inquire about some things
In 10 years you've never asked
First time ever you asked me where my girlfriend at?
See I never talked about my relationships to her
But I always believed at the end it would occur
Finally opened up about the things I recently went through
Never thought I would be having this conversation with you
We start opening up and talking like real friends
Almost like how buddies do
I think when I dropped her off, I think we both knew
Our time has come, and the noir sky
Turns royal blue because of the coming of the sun
All good things end, this season is done
There were tears; there was joy, our escape was fun
But our time has come
It's been a nice run.
Poet of Pain 2008
