You never sought to hurt me <br />There was little you could do <br />Love ain’t for the deserving <br />There’s a fundamental truth <br /> <br />I know you had to leave me <br />I know we had to die <br />I can start recovering <br />Now I know the reason why <br /> <br />Perhaps you hoped somehow to spare me <br />That things would right themselves <br />Seems that we’re still learning daily <br />About the way we felt <br /> <br />I can’t wait ’til I forgive you <br />Until this madness ends <br />I don’t want my losses to be two <br />A lover and a friend<br /><br />Jack Williams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-lover-and-a-friend/