I never asked you to promise not to leave me
because even then, I knew;
this is not the kind of love story
where you have a happy ending.
That was never in the cards
for you and me.
But...
I thought we would be happy for a while.
Because this was never going to be something
that they wrote songs about.
I must admit,
I thought we would simply drift apart.
The winds would change,
the tides would turn,
and we would go our separate ways.
And I would miss you with the kind of ache
that is bearable,
because I would know that you were happy
somewhere.
And so I never asked,
and you never promised,
and after it all ...
some part of me wishes I had.
Because I knew this would never be something
that they would write songs about.
But you didn't.
(and perhaps they will write songs about us after all
but not the kind that anyone wants
because this was never going to be a fairy tale
and it makes me wonder why you thought it was)
