To the person, I once loved, but cheated.

Sorry that it had to be you,
and sorry you found it this way.
Hurt you and brought tears time to time,
and will pay the fine with this life.

Wasn't lust that caught me in her web,
a thin line of friendship and love faded,
felt seen, heard, touched and understood,
'twas something new and I craved more.

Couldn't break the news and your heart,
so, kept it hidden, loving you the same.
Thought you couldn't live without me, and,
forgetting her would be easy, both wrong.

Being asked and forced to stop loving her,
pushed me deep into the well of her love.
A side of you I'd never seen revealed,
pulling me farther away from all of you.

Said you loved, and couldn't let go,
but made the air harder to breathe for me,
realized I had no way to out of the tangle,
decided to end it with a knot on the rope.