Say What You Mean, and Mean What You Say

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I will admit, I have made some mistakes,

But I have never made any so great,

As the times when there’s been things I’ve decided not to say.

Or everything I have ever missed because I was afraid.

 

All the things that could have been if I had said how I felt.

Now I struggle every day with the hand I’ve been dealt.

But the dealer of the cards, has always been me.

If I could only go back and make myself see.

 

That everything was going right, but I missed my chance,

Because I should have kissed her, that night at the dance.

She was ready for it too, she even closed her eyes,

But I just looked away, I couldn’t tell at the time.

 

That was the moment that changed it all,

And she looked hurt, as our chances began to fall.

The girl I had loved from afar, for four, long years,

Slipped through my fingers, as I stood there in fear.

 

A fear that was based completely in self-doubt,

When I should have known that I nothing to worry about.

Because I knew in my heart, that she felt the same way,

And now this hurt in my soul seems too big of a price to pay.

 

And as I looked in her eyes, I knew it was the end.

For our new broken bond left an opening for my “friend.”

He was my confidant, my brother, my partner-in-crime.

And he threw it all away, as he began to undermine.

 

Now they are together, and I am alone.

And the seeds of hate have already been sown,

And the fields in my heart, has been covered in salt.

But there is nothing I can do, because I know it’s my fault.

 

If she only knew the way I still feel,

We could make amends, and my heart could start to heal.

If the sands of time could only move in reverse,

I would not make the same mistakes with her.

 

These are some things I would do anything to change,

But I have waited too long, and now her heart is out of range.

Maybe it was a lesson, that I hold dear to this day,

It taught me to say what I mean, and to mean what I say. 

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