A Tangle of Hurt and Happiness - A collection of poetry

Time

I asked for a little bit of your time.
A moment was all I could hope for cause you would never be mine.
I mean, just look at you; so lovely, so beautiful, so kind.
Your simple presence could make even the worst day turn out fine.

I promised myself I wouldn't write you another poem.
At least that much, I owed him.
But as I talked to him, I couldn't help but think of the next words
To a song I knew would surely go unheard.

I can admit that I was wrong.
I'm not even close to moving on.
I can lie all I want,
But you're still in my every thought.

And it doesn't feel fair
To know you're living your life like you're walking on air.
When I'm suffering through so much despair,
How could you possibly dare?

I've gotten used to the way you make me hurt.
I understand it so well that I can write it down in words.
I say, "You are a memory I wish I could burn,
"But you're engraved so deeply within me, I'd burn too, and I don't have an urn."

I love you enough to wish that I had never loved you at all.
I want to go back to before I started to fall.
If only I could change how things turned out,
Then I could actually learn what requited love is all about.

I asked you to listen to me
For just a single moment, please.
Help me lay this heart to rest, help me feel at ease.
I want to let you go, can't you see?