She wanted to be much more than she was

But the words somehow got lost inbetween.

Her succinct answer was always "because

Things are just never the way they seem."

I often thought that she was the one for me

I always wanted more than she could give.

She had a closed mind that was never free,

One day I realized that we could never live

Together, or perhaps even married.

She wanted soemone else, anyone else.

In my heart, her memory I have carried.

I longed for this love, just placed on a shelf,

All I have left now is the memory

Of love lost, love found, love never to be.

02/17/2009

Author's Note: ... the couplet at the end of this sonnet says it all for me... and for you....

Posted on 02/18/2009
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