Rules,
the ones that everyone says were made to be broken
yet they haven't been yet have they?
Rule #1
Guys like you don't wind up with girls like me.
Why?
because you are a nice boy, a good guy,
and I am not worth your time!
Rule #2
You aren't allowed to be as cute and nice and sweet as you are.
Why?
because it makes it very hard for me to accept
the validity of rule #1!
Rule #3
I will run at the first chance I get.
Why?
because I am afraid
and don't want to admit it!
Rule #4
You need to stop being so understanding of things.
Why?
because it makes it hard for me
to see rule #3 through!
Rule #5
You are the only one that can make me not run.
Why?
because you and I are the only one directly involved,
and I will not stop myself!
Rule #6
I hate being confused, lost and afraid.
Why?
because it is the way my life has gone for too long
and I want to be found.
Rule #7
I want to believe, but don't know if I remember how.
Why?
because I am more afraid of this than I have ever been of anything ever before
and I am afraid of what that may mean.
Rule #8
I am not a good person, don't tell me I am.
Why?
I know what I have seen, done and been through,
I may be 'nice' on occasion but I will never be a good person that chance died years ago.
Rule #9
I am not broken, don't try to fix me.
Why?
I am strong, always have been,
I haven't been broken yet and you won't be the one to do it so don't worry
Rule #10
Maybe rules are meant to be broken.......
Why?
because despite it all I still have a romantic's heart
and want to believe in the power of love to overcome it all.

12/21/2002

Author's Note: There I finally wrote down the rules. Happy now????

Posted on 12/21/2002
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