Something I Liked

Something I Liked


There's something about you
I liked
from the very beginning.

Probably you're funnier than me
and full of sharp things to say.
When you say those things
I always think
how nice it must be
to have all those people laughing.

When I try to do that
people just stop what
they were
saying
and consider what I said.
It's a joke just a joke
I tell them brightly
but by then it's
too late.

Or somebody gets offended
and I have to say
I'm sorry
secretly thinking
that you wouldn't have to.

I don't think there's anything about me
that anyone ever liked
from the very
beginning.