She never thought leaving would hurt her so much.
She longed for a smile, a glance, or a touch.
Their hearts had been speaking so long that it seemed
Their years together were something they'd dreamed.
Now it was far too late to apologize.
She glanced at him sadly, with tears in her eyes.
Its over, its ruined, theres nothing to say.
He nods his head slowly and then looks away.
She speaks his name softly though words aren't called for,
Puts a hand on his shoulder and moves toward the door.
"I'll love you forever, but that means nothing now.
I know why this happened, but will never know how."
He leaves then and knows that it's the only way.
It would be far harder if he were to stay.
Their last look spoke volumes of things never said.
Put their pasts behind them, looked bravely ahead.
Each of them lived on, though could never forget
The great years that followed the day that they met.
Author notes
Yeah! Another poem. I am really happy now, since my mind is letting me write again. This is one of the few coming out of writers block poems of mine that makes sense... and I am very glad about that to. I dont know why the only thing my muse will supply me with is about people leaving, but I take what I can get. Thanks for reading!
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It's so sad and lovely! I think you did a good job with this, the whole thing flows very wel. Thank you for sharing.
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i like the way this feels. and in most of the stanzas the rhyming works really well.
i like how the end is kind of a punch, but i think that gets kind of ruined by knowing already because of the title. perhaps you will consider making the title a little more subtle.
p.s. wow. you commented on my poem, burial, about a second after i put it up.
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this is both sad and full of love and hope at the same time. made me really think....
great write
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Nice !! Great rhyme !!! Keep it up !!!
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I love it!
That is a great write! I love poems that have form and actually ryhme! You have done a great job putting it all together!
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-lovely indeed....unfortunately I have "commenting block" as well as writers block..but a pleasant, gentle read.
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Tender and Lovely
14th line looks like you meant to start it with "It" instead of if. Don't you love the release of writer's block, I am there with you, it is incredible! Lovely write, it makes me sad What happened to make it so?
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Thank you, I didn't even notice that, and I had meant "it"
Yeah, I'm not sure if they writers block is totally gone, but I had a couple poems in two days, so I'll hope. Thanks for the comment!
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This is so terribly sad
but beautiful too...I'm glad your muse is back 
Because your writing is just so wonderful! Thanks for sharing this,
Luck.
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