Some of the Things I Should Have Told You ("final")

I always try to say what I think
so I live with no regrets
soon I'll be moving from here to there
and I don't want to leave you feeling empty.

You knew how to open my mind,
read it like a novel, write in your
own beginnings and endings.
Without a doubt you were my muse.
Being able to thank you left me at ease.

Looking back though I think I forgot
to tell you a few things about myself,
most of all I should have said
"I love you" its cliché I know
so let me redeem myself.

I should have told you time
does not exist. It's all made up,
just inside your head. And last I checked
man still made the clock.

Should have said beware of man made
creations like god and the devil.
Should have stamped that stuff with
a really long warning label.

I should have told you that I
tend to spew theological bull shit.
Should have warned you that some
of the things I should have said might
have been offensive.

Should have told you to search
for the higher knowledge, instead of
stuffing your head with straw.
You should take that one to heart.

Should have told you such
scarecrows end up in fields
of materialistic and worldly concerns
alone and with out others,
save for those damn birds

Should have told you such
selfish thoughts grow faster
than strawberries but taste like dust
and are worth even less.

Should have told you of the many
Zen idealistic thoughts I had
that rolled through my head
like a love letter in a bottle,
floating in a vast, vast sea.

Should have told you its ok
to look for compassion in others
but first figure out how to
love yourself, its the only person
you'll ever really know

I should have told you all
these things and more
maybe I'll write a book
I can title it "All the things
I should have told you"

I' m going to have to tell you though
that it will probably be a long read,
but even if the phrase has lost all its meaning,
The value of it dried up through repetition;
still the first page will contain only the words...

"I should have said I loved you"

I took out a few things, added some others, what do you folks think?