As I watch you walk away from me, <br />My heart aches for what was and might have been, <br />But I’m so stubborn, <br />I could never show you who I truly am, <br />So I pretend I am as you are, <br />Because if truth be told, <br />I don’t give up and I never let go, <br />And I’m not the type who loves so easily, <br />I like and I lust, <br />But love has always been far too much. <br /> <br />I’ve fallen in love only once before, <br />That’s why you caught me by such surprise, <br />I was amazed at how quickly I fell, <br />And how quickly I believed that you, <br />Could be the one thing to make me happy. <br /> <br />I loved you without shame or regret, <br />I loved you more than I ever knew I could love, <br />I loved you for everything that was, <br />I loved you perhaps more than you ever knew, <br />I loved you for everything you showed me I could be, <br />I loved you because you taught me how to laugh once again, <br />I loved you because you gave me so much joy, <br />I loved you because you opened up my heart. <br /> <br />But that love was only meant to face rejection, <br />I gave you my heart, <br />But you simply gave it back, <br />I needed you to be so much more, <br />And you gave up so soon… <br /> <br />“In all the words of tongue or pen, <br />The saddest are these; <br /> <br />It might have been” <br /> -John Greenleaf Whittier<br /><br />Kristen Currey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/quotations-of-a-broken-heart/
