By Elizabeth Rogers/starryeyed4ever123@yahoo.com
Date: 11 June 1999

Secretly

It has taken me quite a long time
To realize that you aren't coming back.
I always hoped that one day you would return
Back to my outstrectched arms.
But now I know you never will
Because you have her now.

I am not sure why it took me so long
To come upon this realization.
I think it was partly because
I was secretly hoping you still
Loved me and that someday soon you would
Realize that you still need me in your life.

But that was just a dream;
A child-like fantasy.
But I am a child.
And I refuse to get my hopes up
Because in the end they will only be
Shot down.

So now I will proceed to move on.
I will walk away
But I am secretly waiting for you to stop me.
Of course you don't.