Monsoon Dreams

You stole my dream last night
and with it, my sanity.
It's been 12 years
and the "what ifs"
came rushing in
like a tsunami.
Memories of what we had,
overflowed my eyes with tacit tears...
your softness
sweetest innocence
forever imprinted in me.
A soft spot in my heart you own.
It must have been so hard to let go
and yet you moved on
to far off lands
so I could see you no more.
It hurts so much
not to be able to convey my words,
to let you know
that to me you are the embodiment
of all that is pure, gentle, and good.
Our youth is gone
behind us is the freedom to love
life commitments we've both made
but if I could
a minute would suffice
to tell you how much you meant to me
to tell you what, for you, I felt.
I know it'd make no difference
for we'd still walk out
our separate ways
but just so you knew
your love was not in vain
that I felt the same way about you
and that sometimes
I still do.