She starts to speak,
he listens close.
Her eyes welled up,
as his mind froze.
He inches near,
she falls right in.
He holds her tight,
the know within,
they're the ones who could have been.

She pulls his hand
right off her head
for fear that she would utter
things she shouldn't say.
So he offers words
he wished he didn't mean.
Her happiness is all that matters to him.

So it goes.
They'll never know
what life might have been
if someone had caved in
when they once had no one to hold.
If they only had seen
and knew what could have been.

She says goodbye,
he bids farewell.
Their hearts still lie to whom they love.