The same, old gleaming smile and the smell of ginger in her hair, <br />Thin blonde curls fall loose to her bust near bare. <br /> <br />The perfect girl, the perfect day and not a hint of fear, <br />We held each other and kissed, and loved to the dark of the night came <br />near. <br /> <br />All my thoughts on all my days her beauty never fades, <br />Despite my fears and despite her woes my love for her could never be tamed. <br /> <br />Alas that day finally came where she remarked our 'friendship' so queer, <br />but thoughts of a partnership being naught but a farce I simply couldn't adhere. <br /> <br />And thus she waited for my devotion and time; all I yearned to give, <br />until she told me her lust had diminished, piercing my heart with a shiv. <br /> <br />Friends we'd been and friends we are, an honour I can never denounce, <br />But Leah - no boy could love as much as I, no not even an ounce. <br /> <br />I told Jack you were his, promising never to bring him down, <br />but lady believe me, for you I'd raise a town. <br /> <br />Begin from the start, let us see things anew, and I swear to make you a queen, <br />As watching us drift, and watching us sway is tearing me apart something mean. <br /> <br />Your hair, your eyes, your smile, your love enthralled me at first sight, <br />But my caution and mistake have ruined my chance of re-living that night.<br /><br />Mitchell Siddons<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/just-friends-for-leah/
