I Won'T Forget You

I know that I won’t forget you Did you ever believe that I would? What we had together was special: Magical, and exceptionally good. Even though it’s now over And we have parted amicably There is a little piece of you That will always be a part of me. You inhabited my life for so many years Gave me more than I probably deserved Your love and loyalty and devotion Was complete and unreserved And I, in turn, gave you everything To make you comfortable and happy We got along pretty well, most of the time I loved you and you loved me. But something changed a while back now There was something gone amiss I could tell by the way you greeted me I knew by brevity of your kiss Oh, you tried hard to hide it from me And I wanted to believe, and I really tried But your lies and secretiveness You could never successfully hide. I should have confronted you maybe, Forced the issue, brought it to light But what would have been the point of that: Who would have gained from such a fight? So I swallowed my anguish and pain And waited for the hammer to fall Although it took longer than I expected it to I lived in hope it would not fall at all. You were kind and gentle with me I cried and you cried too It broke my fractured heart to agree that You had to do what you needed to do Even then I hoped against rational hope You’d change your mind and you would stay However, you just kissed me one last time Then wiped your eyes and walked away. So I sit here with my memories The photographs, mementos and things All the ephemera of our relationship Such sadness some this stuff brings Yet remembrances of happier times, too Can still raise an affectionate smile So I’ll sit here looking and remembering At least for a little while I know I won’t forget you It’s not something I’m willing to do However hurt and lonely I am I’ll always hold a candle for you I will love you forever, no matter what You are in my heart forever to stay And maybe, if things don’t work out for you, You’ll return home to me one day…