Poetry Collection

Forever and Today

[Alternately titled Call You Mine.]

I have silently been biding all of my time,
Though I know, I will never call you mine.
I hold out hope -- hope I didn't know I possessed,
And wonder just what you'd say if I confessed.

Don't tell me I've run out of time,
Don't tell me that I'm out of line;
No matter what it takes, I'll wait...
Please don't tell me that it's too late.

I've tried so hard to forget about you,
But it's so seemingly impossible to do...
I promised myself I'd be second-to-none,
But how can I just say that I'm done?

Nothing about you ever seems to make sense,
I ask you a question, and you're on the defense...
And maybe I confuse you, but you confuse me more--
I think it's okay, then my heart shatters as it hits the floor.

And sometimes I wish I could read your mind,
Othertimes, to my fate I am simply resigned.
There are so many things that I have to hide--
Things I want to tell you, but have to keep inside.

I wish that you would notice me,
These tears that I cry unseen;
I wish that you could see,
That into heartache I careen.

You're everything I've ever wanted,
The reason I'm no longer as haunted;
You're my light in the darkest hour,
The love for which I have scoured.

I wish that you could comprehend,
How you've helped my heart to mend...
I wish that you could hear me when I say,
I want to be with you, forever and today.

So I have been biding all of my time,
Hoping someday to call you mine...
And no matter what it takes, I will wait--
Just please don't tell me that I'm too late.