A Tragedy

Ignoring the warning signs I asked you to dance,

Flirting in danger sparking tragic romance.

I don’t think you cared the first night we met,

And the following day- my loss, I wept.

But then there forever I knew I was hooked

To a fatal attraction into which I never looked.

I gazed into your eyes and believed I saw in your soul,

Our lives spread before us; I thought I fitted my role.

We kissed under moonlight and danced in the stars,

Never knowing, nor suspecting it would end in nightmares

I slept in your bed before I knew what it meant,

Not realising your love was not what I’d dreamt.

I told you I loved you under day sky so blue,

And I think you replied that you loved me too.

Your gaze cast away- not seeing my face,

I too looked away and started building your case.

But I never did question and let it slip by,

Not wanting to believe all you told were just lies.

A few months went by and all did seem quite right

But what I didn’t know was that you had planned a flight.

One night you were there, the next you were gone,

And I sat on my bed, crying, all alone.

I had dreamt all eternal and you had told naught but lies

I had never foreseen a way that our love could die…

But….

My life now goes on, and so I do hope,

That I can tell you how I feel, speaking words I never spoke.

I never did know you, the same I regret,

That I let myself love you, forever; I’m sure

I should have no,

The minute you walked through my door.