And It Lingers
You hit me from my blind spot
Figuratively, of course.
I never expected someone like you
And you were so gentle and kind
The opposite of what I had thought I wanted
And the greatest blessing I've experienced.
I cared about you all that time
More intensely and passionately than ever before
or even ever since.
I knew how your past had hurt you
I never wanted to do that to you
Of course it hurt
It always does when 2 people leave eachother
We were both young and stupid
But I prayed you would never hate me
Because I couldn't bear to see you defeated like that
You were prone to manipulation
Because you were such a sweetheart
And I'd told you that
I hesitate to admit it
But I regretted it
Because I wanted to make you mine again
It was the heat of the moment
but I had realized that I care about you so deeply,
even if it hurts me,
I want you to be happy.
You deserve it more than anyone else.
We've both said things we regret
and done things that hurt eachother
but neither of us wanted to
and the fact that we overcame them so completely
makes my heart feel lighter,
If I'm not the one you seek
That's alright
As long as everyone else treats you as I'd like to
Just being friends with you,
supporting your interests,
being the shoulder you can cry on,
that's more fulfilling for me
than forcing you to do anything.