words for the wind

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slip away

there was a time when i would hold you tight in my arms and you would look at me with your unsteady eyes and say "don't ever let me go" and i would think, darling, i could never be such a fool to let you slip away. you would smile and your nose would crinkle as you cuddled close to me. and i knew i was falling hard for you.

there was time when i would hold you tight in my arms and you would kiss my neck and mumble, "i'll love you forever" and even though you might not have meant it, i knew it was true that my love for you would never run out. nothing could be more intense than my burning passion for you, darling. and don't you see it in the way i look at you, or the way i touch you? don't you see my eyes brighten at the sight of you? don't you see my lips involuntarily smile at the sound of your voice? or is it all a waste?

there was a time when i would hold you tight in my arms and beg you "just stay a little while longer?" sometimes you would give in and stay with me, but most of the time you would groan and say you have places to be and you would leave my arms lonely and cold and utter "bye" as you slammed the door. it hurts now looking back at how easily you could leave me without so much as an explanation. i should have know what was going to happen, i think i did, but i refused to accept the thought of it. how foolish of me.

and now, i'm holding you tight in my desperate arms pleading you "please don't leave" but you continue to scream, "its over, don't you see that?" but no, i don't see it i refuse to open my eyes to the reality of our crumbling love. "please please please." i whisper looking at you with swollen red eyes. and you just stare at me with an ashamed look and tears on your face. "you have to let me go" you cry. but no, you told me not to and i promised. so please stay, i love you. "i'm sorry" you whisper as you shut the door and i'm left with my own heartbroken thoughts.

i'm still waiting for you to come back to me. i know you will, because you promised you would never leave me. it's been a long time, but i'm not giving up on us like you did. so for now i will hold your ghost tight in my arms and never let your memory slip away.