Someone offered to sweep me off my feet
A series of dates to take my breath away
I wondered whether to do it
It's been a while since I let go
Gave someone a chance
To impress me.
I haven't been to fancy dinners
or to fun dog shows
Maybe I have let life pass me by
Not trusting enough
Or letting my guard down
They say the third time is the charm.
Am counting on a third date.

It's been 10 days,23 hours, 59 minutes, 1 second
Since you last called.
Am tired of staring at the phone
hoping you're thinking of me
Tired of checking your last messages
Saying you love me
That it will be different this time
I try to restrain myself
So that I don't text you
Begging you to call me
To love me.
Questions rise like a smoke cloud
does he even love me?
Am losing myself in agony
I need you
To talk to me
To see me
To want to.
I miss having you here
To show me you care
Right now I don't even know
if I was right to let you in.

You wonder what you see in me
It's in the sparkle in my eye
The curve of my lips
As I smile at the sound of your voice
the grace with which I approach you
And give you a passionate kiss.
The way I fit my body to yours
like pieces of the same puzzle.
You love to hold me,
I can tell each time you watch me sleep.
And stroke my hair
That I belong in your arms
And have a couch in your heart.
You take my breath away
With your tenderness.
Surprise me with your thoughtfulness.
You don't expect perfection,
Infact love to predict
My outbursts of irrationality.
You laugh me into a smile
When am mad.
I honestly don't know why
You put up with me
It must be because you see
Beneath my flaws.

Slowly I lose myself in drudgery
Trudging up and up the worn path
Others have taken before me.
I see the footprints single file
None return from whence we came.
I find the bones that gave way
Turning to dust or filth.
Some weren't strong enough
To withstand the struggle
Fighting for what we know not
Under masters we see not.
Wearily I keep going
This ends soon,
I hope.

I walked away and broke my heart
Left it bleeding on the floor.
I would give anything for another ending
a different time and place.
You are one thing that keeps me sane
Balanced and in line.
It was the hardest thing to do
Admit I can't save you.
You continue to haunt me
Even after I've left
Your mournful eyes
The silent cry I can feel you stifle
As you put on a brave face.
I long to run back and hold you
Let you know the world is safe
For you to have a safe childhood
hold on to your ideals forever.
Tears run down my face
As thoughts of your misery torture me.
I sob into my pillow
if only I could take your place
I gladly would.
You needed a haven
Why did heaven let you go
To an ill prepared earth.
We were meant to be your guides
Instead we have forsaken you
I pray you find hope somewhere
I have found none.
In letting you down I have damaged my piece of mind.
I need a sign you will be okay
Cause I never will be.
I walked away when you needed me
And now wrestle with my conscience.

Goodbye my lover
Even though am crying as I speak into the phone
I know it's for the best.
You have been everything to me
But you have broken my heart
irreparably into little pieces.
I still feel you next to me
When am asleep and curled up
Your arms around me
Holding me by your side.
You muttered her name
one night in my bed
She that took your heart
And lay in my place.
I knew then that it was over.
I will always remember you
Goodbye my friend.