Sometimes a simple hello

Is a lesson waiting to happen

Since I'm ignorant about the future

I said a few extra words

You were so beautiful and divine

Delicious like the summer sun

I had to know your name 

Hello was not enough

One word changed my world

One word sealed the deal

Shortly, my smile shifted to tears

My worth diminished as well

You’re a test I was designed to fail

The kind even therapy can’t help

Life has a treacherous plan 

I was cursed to walk this path

I had to grasp what wasn’t for me

To understand what is

 

It was your eyes that drew me in

Your smile kept me around

I fell for the wicked

If not you, then someone else

I’m doomed to learn these lessons

It's the biggest test of all

I’ll be prepared once the chapter ends

Now I carry around a bag of wisdom

And more in my back pockets

The kind people preach about

I’ve lost more than I could fathom

More than I care to tell you about

My story is no different than others

We all write reviews on hell

If only I had a time machine

I would take back my hello

And save it for someone else