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Mar 2017
Could I have done anything differently?
I made the choice, as best as I could figure
What would've been worse:
Telling you how I did, or telling you earlier,
The first time we'd seen each other in months?
I didn't want to ruin our reunion
Or make you think you'd wasted your time.
I never wanted to hurt you.
I tried my best to not.
Life is a balancing act
And I'd already lost balance.
You know I'm just trying to recover, right?
That it wasn't anything you'd done?
I was on the razor's edge
And was trying to move it away.
Are you mad at me?
It's ok if you are
I certainly wouldn't blame you
There was hope that there could still be friendship between us
A close one, thanks to the time we've spent together
But I guess that's not something you want
It's hard for me to tell
Maybe I'm naively optimistic,
Thinking things could be alright between us.
I'm too oblivious to see the writing on the wall
If you still wanted to be friends
You'd say something, anything
But there's been naught but silence.
Too bad you wasted your time with me...
It's easier to have a conversation when both people communicate. But I'm not that lucky
Written by
Fox Härtlis
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