Chapter 1
I was just a girl.
Seventeen and dreaming of love.
So I gave you my heart, which, in case you forgot, you promised to take care of.
Seventeen, Naive, Completely lost in the sugar-coated lines
Just so you know, you wrote me from time to time.
Love was great. Love was sweet. Love was heaven on earth.
But then you forgot my name,
And when you did, hearing it never felt the same.
Then the late-night texts came in days at a time,
Until suddenly, my name next to yours didn’t sound right.
And when I thought about it, you and I sounded more like a horror story than a nursery rhyme.
But then, I was just a girl
Who fell in love with just a boy
Who stepped on hearts for sport
And got drunk on the chaos inside his high court.
I dreamed of one true love,
While you lusted after a dozen other women.
So you were the master of revels, delighting on my naivety
And I was the royal fool, losing myself in your manipulative parties.
I fell victim to your ocean eyes and seductive lies
Because you were just a boy who knew everything about hearts,
Because, again, I was just a girl,
Who knew nothing about love.
