This morning

So unfair is our love.

This morning when I didn’t see your face lying next to me

I wished that I could be your lover forever.

And when I didn’t see your shoes at the front door

I wanted to feel your arms around me so much that I just about cried

When I walked into the kitchen and your key was lying there

I knew that there was not another man for me anywhere in this world.

When I saw that your ring left a pale white band on my finger

I wanted you more than I ever had in my entire life.

But you are gone.

The face in the mirror I saw when I walked into the bathroom

Was the one that pounded the last nail into our relationship

When I remember that,  I have to catch myself from falling apart

When my friends tell me that I have made the correct choice

Leaving you behind has never felt more wrong.

As I turn on the water and wash this self pity away

I hear your voice in the back of my mind telling me to move past you

And I beg whoever is listening to let me do just that

Because I love you more today than I did when I first fell.

And that will just not do anymore.