Bygones
A Poem
somewhere along the way,
i missed your signals —
or perhaps you missed mine —
and now we’re on different roads.
i wish i could tell you the secrets
i’ve kept so close, near and dear, to my heart —
but we were always a tide washing from shore,
never to come by this way again.
somewhere you lost me —
or maybe i lost you —
and now we’re on opposing sides
like magnets that can’t connect.
i wish i had been more honest,
a true calling card from the very start —
but we were never that lightning strike tale
to blow away all the rest.
somewhere you missed me,
passed me right by too many times,
and i stopped trying to flag you down
because you had too many sights to see.
i wish i could have choked out the words
that might have tied us together —
but i knew the chips were stacked against me
on this gambling table of affections.
