Trying to Make a Statement

She liked me when she met me 

She said I was lots of fun

She said she was glad 

That her search was finally done

Now my stuff's on the curb 

Scattered on the pavement

Her friends all tell me 

She's just trying to make a statement

Her reasons don't make any sense 

I'm trying to figure it out

I was very kind, I never screamed, 

I didn’t jump and shout

Now she’s saying of all her words

None of them she meant

Her friends all tell me

She’s just trying to make a statement 

Just what does she mean by that

I find this so confusing

I wish this were really a joke

But it is not at all amusing

Now she’s got ashes on her head

And her clothes she’s rent

Her friends all tell me

She’s just trying to make a statement

Apparently she found another

Now she’ll replace me

Really she just changed her mind

So for cover she’ll disparage me

Suddenly it’s crystal clear

I now know what was meant

When her friends all told me

She was just trying to make a statement

Wouldn’t it have been easier

To just quietly walk away

She wasn’t held against her will

She wasn’t forced to stay

A show wasn’t necessary

For her exit to implement

She could’ve just got on with her life

There was no need to make a statement

September 2016