Wish

My wishes may not come true,

I may never again be close to you.

How can one day change so much?

And now I shrink from your touch.

I know it wasn't your fault,

But blame has become my default.

It's not abandonment I feel,

But the loneliness was no less real.

There are moments we'd like to take back,

The times when we both attack.

I wish we could work this out,

But I have begun to doubt.

The scars we've made run too deep,

And I'm not ready to make that leap.

I wish I was ready to forgive,

But how can I when all I do is relive?

Those moments of pain never end,

Those times when I needed a friend.

Regardless of why you weren't there,

And despite the fact that I know you care,

You weren't there.

When I needed you most,

It was as if you were a ghost.

I cannot let go,

I hope you never know.

Nothing you do can change,

Nothing you say can rearrange,

I'm long past that place,

Where pain can just be erased.

I wish we knew how to move on,

But all we've ever done is been strong.

That's no way to live a life,

And all it's led to is endless strife.

I wish I could let you back in,

But I don't even know where to begin.

I wish all my wishes could come true,

But that would require trusting you,

Something I can't bring myself to do.

Alone Together

She sits and waits,
He hesitates.
Understanding comes too late,
Their futures have been left to fate.
What was once will never be,
And someday soon they will see.
What happened can't be taken back,
In the end it was bound to crack.
On the surface,
It may seem there was no purpose.
But healing comes in time,
And their feelings weren't a crime.

Their time spent together,

Wasn't meant to be forever.
Yet neither one would be the same,
This time it wasn't just a game.
The past will never be erased,
The future will one day be faced.
But the truth that remains,
Is that together they escaped their chains.
Through each other,
They learned to love another.
And something they had always known,
They could not have done it all alone.