The Gate

I can open the gate but I can't push you through it.

You can make me wait, but I won't guarantee I'll stay.

The pitfalls of love when it's absence causes quarrels.

Impossible relationships

I feel like I’m suffocating . . .

no, I'm drowning in my love for you

I reached for your hand

But you couldn't stand up for me

Should I go, or should I stay?

Was the title of my story in that state

I don't want to lose you but, it feels like it's too late

You made your choice against my will

You toyed with my emotions

by not showing your devotion

I slipped through the door

looking to soar (with you)

to explore our love

because, I adored you

You let her chase me away

You must not have wanted me to stay

And you left me alone

to wallow on my own

Why can't you see it my way?

It's all in the details they say

It's all in the things he does, but mostly in the things he doesn’t say.

Now that I deduced the whole situation

I'm left to mend this hole (in my heart) and the devastation

the fire was so bright, that it burned right through the night

Now I'm left resisting the urge to fight

I was clear on the question, and you answered

Now I can see . . .

I opened the gate

Will you continue to make me wait?

©2019 S.L.Harris