05/12/98

		"before or after"

i know you're upset
and i can't impart
just how that
hurts me
but i bided my time
for so long
while you went out
to play
i can't change the past
or how you made me feel
before
or after
now all my regrets
have been drowned in my sorrow
you always said you'd never
have them anyway
i still don't know
whether you gave up
before
or after
i did

				© 1998 Andrea K