Lessons

I don’t know why I listened to

That voice inside my head.

It kept telling me to take a chance on you.

It’s a lesson that I learned too late

To help avoid the pain

And winding up a broken-hearted fool.

 

There are lessons to be learned,

Bridges to be burned,

Keys to turn to open every door.

But something in my mind, leaving logic far behind,

Always keeps me coming back for more.

 

You said it was over,

You’d found somebody new,

Like you did a dozen times before.

But when it didn’t work out,

And that one ended, too,

You came running back to me and asked for more.

 

There are lessons to be learned,

Bridges to be burned,

Keys to turn to open every door.

But something in my mind, leaving logic far behind,

Always keeps me coming back for more.

 

There must be some limit to

What one poor heart can take and somehow pick itself up off the ground.

Someday I may find it and

You shouldn’t be surprised.

You’ll look for me and I won’t be around.

 

There are lessons to be learned,

Bridges to be burned,

Keys to turn to open every door.

But something in my mind, leaving logic far behind,

Always keeps me coming back for more.