A Lil To Late Poem by Shilesha Johnson

They say that you never know what you have until it’s gone
But that just isn’t true
Because I realized that I had nothing
When I was with you
And I wasn’t able to see that UNTIL I said goodbye
Now I regret all of those times
We lived our lives in lies
The times I lost with him while being with you
Because it wasn’t worth it
And neither are you
You stuck around when you thought you had a chance
Not only as being my man
But getting into my pants
And once you saw you couldn’t have that
You flew away as quick as a bat
You left as soon as you could
Not being a man
You crawled
When you should have stood
And now you choose to hate me
When it should be the other way around
You shouldn’t be so quick to judge
And so quick to look down
Down on other people when you have your own problems
And I was always the first one there to help you solve them
And now that I have the chance to think.
The people who fill your head up with these thoughts
Were never there for you like me
Never there for you at all
Never willing to lend you their hand
All those nights you couldn’t stand tall
All of those nights you would cry and then call
They weren’t on the other line
I was
And now you listen to them
Like it’s a must
Stand up and make your own choices
Talk up and stop letting other people use their voices
To make decisions for yourself
And after everything you’ve been through
NOW they want to help
Well if you ask me it doesn’t sound right
And it’s too late for you to take back what you have done
Because I am GONE from your life
I was willing to call it troose
But you chose to follow
And now YOU loose