Vietnam Love Poem
How important am I to you?
This I need to know,
For I no longer feel your love,
So please let me go.
Your body tells a story,
While your mind plays the game.
A dangerous combination,
Why can't you see this pain?
You held the missing pieces,
To this tottering jigsaw puzzle.
You dangled it in front of me,
The torment added to my bundle.
I don't want your sympathy,
Your care or concern,
Apparently what I'm looking for,
You have yet to learn.
A heart afraid to love and commit,
Will always remain cold.
The pain it causes along the way,
Those stories remain untold.
The promises you made to us,
Were empty words thrown in the wind.
I was too blind to notice,
I had foolishly let my heart cling.
Those sweet words you whispered,
Were music to my ear.
But the truth behind them,
Were painfully prevailed.
You wanted a chance,
To somehow prove your love,
As I gave you that chance,
I somehow found myself lost.
The pedestal you put me on,
Was reserved for other priorities.
Your actions justified it all,
As I find myself a meaningless minority.
You measured my value,
By who I was and what I can be.
I measured your value,
The person you are and what my eyes see.
How can you not see my loss and pain?
These symptoms shouldn't be new to you
It's happening all over again.
But this time my loss is greater than before,
The innocence suffered, now time is our cure.
Our future was rested in the palm of your hands,
The choice you made was to watch it all crumble.
You held the magical key close to your heart,
"The door is there" was all that you could mumble.
