The winter approaches
But I am not afraid
For I have the warmth of your arms

Sometimes my heart pangs a thousand melodies
all fighting to be heard.

Let it go

and walk away.

I shall dutifully
silently suffer.

lightning flashes across the sky like
dreams through space

I hope the hole you left
fades into mere memory,
just as it did with him.

Until then it gapes open,
a black hole nothing can fill.

I didn't realize I meant so much to you.

How could I give you my whole heart
When you tell me about the girl you love
     that you one day plan to marry?

Why would I give you everything, heart and soul,
     only to be left behind?
To fall so completely in love with you,
     knowing there's someone you love more?
How could I not try to make it with someone else,
     someone who I thought I stood a chance with?

I thought we could walk away,
     That we'd still be okay.

How could I be so wrong?

Give it time,
     they've said.
But how can I stand by and
     watch you hurting?

What could I do,
     when I can't even look you in the face
     or return the most simple hello?

My actions were cruel, but done
     with the most honest of intentions.
Your words were cruel, but I have
     to believe they were born of hurt, that you
     don't truly mean them.


I thought we would be okay.


How could I know?


How could I know.