By RainbowChaser
Date: 2003 Apr 08
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Devotion

Devotion is what you've shown me the past week that I've regained contact with you
you call me, you email me, you run errands for me
you've even changed your mind about the man in my life
to make me happy

but are you happy
does the one you chose to replace me
make you smile, laugh, and truly dream the way you did with me
i accepted you, especially your gift, but they have no idea

it's an integral part of you
yet you choose to remain silent
to hide a treasure so valuable
it's almost like stealing to keep it secret

you call me at all hours
you say it's because you're worried about me
have you had dreams about the incident
do you long to protect me

if i gave you a chance, could you keep me safe
would you just drop your current life
and rebuild one with me at the center
i long to hold you again, to see your smling face

you seem to believe that the person i've chosen can make me happy
but as happy as you did
you've given so much
and asked so little

to me, that's a rarity
and i don't know how to handle it
you are more than a friend
and i think you know it, but most of all, your partner knows it too

how did you know that i wouldn't leave him
i'm not saying that you are wrong
but did it hurt you so badly
that the sight of me wounds you

your words, your voice, you eyes are so gentle
and you still hint of the possiblity of the love that never matured
because it wasn't given a chance
but still, your devotion to me grows