Let me tell you I was one of the pushy macho
Assholes that would not take no for an answer
I would buy her gifts
I would tell her she was beautiful
I would offer everything
Plan futures
Homes
Lives
Children
I would tell her i loved her
That I wanted no one else
That shes the only one for me
That i lived for her
That I would die for her
That i would kill for her
I would work with for her,
Build for her,
grow for her,
be a better person for her
A hundred thousand times
I would never take no for an answer
I was detrimentally
and dementedly
determined
what one these days
would refer to, apparently,
as toxic
I even wrote her poetry
That let me tell you
She got so mad
Angry furious
damn pissed off
Seething in her eyes
She hated me
When I found someone else