Just A Man

I've moved on 

Gotten older

...Wiser

I won't say colder

Maybe more

Realistic?

Maybe I've learned my lesson

Like the softening of your hand

Burned too many times by

The fire

Eventually the scabs turned to callouses 

No longer shocked by the heat's pain

But I don't like to say that...

That I've learned my lesson

Because everytime I say that

The Universe gives me a test

A bigger flame

To show me I haven't learned my lesson

At all 

That's why it's been 6 years

With you...

My excuse before was that I was a child

But 6 years have passed

And I'm a child no longer

It's hard letting something go 

That you've grown used to...

The familiarity 

Even if it's pain

Humans are simple

Our brains like shortcuts

And sometimes the devil we know is better...

But you're no devil 

Just a man 

That's a hard lesson I've learned too

No glamour

No excitement

No thrill

Just a man