we broke promises that were never ours to make
dreamt a future that was not our own
i would have loved you and never let you go
but only because i didn't realize
you were never mine to keep
you loved me and i, you,
more than you will ever know
more than I was capable of showing
at least not then
and later, when I was
it was too late
but not really because timing is a funny thing
as the ocean tide ebbs and flows
so do people
in and out and back again
but never in the same way twice
everything for a reason
this much i have learned