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The love that never returned

Smoke and mirrors no longer clear

By Errol McNeill Published 5 years ago Updated 4 years ago 1 min read

It’s hard to believe...

what I refused to see,

If I could; honestly ...

I would

remain in that place

just you and just me

See, In the beginning

I had no idea

that we would be

...so amazingly

Close .

thoughts swirling around.

”crazy” just say

“It isn’t so !”

I know it would never be

Love.

yet and still,

I insist... and I trust

...and we begin this affair.

Made from lust; woven in love.

yes, I dare call it “love.”

Even though I loved who

You were...

In the midst of the smoke, once more...

I loved all of what I thought we were.

Near and dear , still here

In my heart.

I look back on how things are now.

On this rainy cold Valentines day.

The weather...

a reflection, of what my heart wants to say.

My heart cold like the droplets of the rain

like the tears, I wanna cry.

Because I know that the truth is my love for you

will never die.

Unfortunately, you could never be mine.

For me hope lives a mile pass the most beautiful lie.



So of course, I give in ...

And I hit send.

I get a text back

find myself smiling again.

Then i think to myself...

“Here I go again”

this time, however, was much different.

It killed me to realize youre living.

Like an execution, I’ll end it .....here.

love poems

About the Creator

Errol McNeill

I may be just a foolish dreamer

But I don't care

'Cause I know my happiness is waiting out there somewhere

I'm searching for that silver lining

Horizons that I've never seen

I'd like to take just a moment and dream my dream

-L.Richie






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