Becoming Earnest

Oh god, when I fell for you it was deep.

Head over heels in just a blink.

I was scared, petrified really.

Never fell so hard, fast, or deep.

My mistrust made me ask,

“Are you a gold digger?”

You cried, I felt bad.

For a while there we set

the world on fire.

Jets to Europe,

sailing on the open seas,

skiing in Colorado,

and the Carolina beaches.

We loved hard and wild, pledged ourselves…

… for a while.

But something changed, broke.

And when you lost trust, love died.

So why am I holding on?

Because you set my world on fire.

I’d have given it all to you.