Those Lost Years Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I can not count those lost years,
You have ignored me and my efforts.
And the many attempts I came to you,
For nothing to ask but to share my point of view.
Just with you and exclusively too.

And today...
With time we could have had slipped away,
I've heard from others the comments you've said...
That were not complimentary at all.
And others have no idea,
When you needed me near I appeared.
But it was 'you' not me...
Who collected your feathers and from 'me' strayed.

And today...
You tell others it is 'you' I despise?
Let me say this,
Neither are you in my thoughts.
Or has your name been on my lips.
For so many years I have forgotten,
What it was you did that was so rotten.
I just know whatever it was has long been stopped.