Deplorable

My heart aches when it thinks of you.
You fill my life with all the good things.
Then why can't I say a word,
Why can't I do what I need to do?

I find joy and solace when I'm with you,
Nothing else matters,
Time stops,
The world melts away...

You know, don't you?
I hope you do
For if you do not, you'll never know.
All of me dares never to speak its name.

And I can't say a word.
I am mute
My body is compelled to silence.
Not a word can ever be spoken.

Oh life! What must be done can never be done,
The question that must be asked can never be asked,
The word spoken, that deplorable word, that four letter word.
Not a single thought of it could ever be uttered.

For if it ever received breath, worlds would be swallowed up
The cosmos would vanish,
Life would be snuffed out,
And the end would come.

Goodbye

The rain outside comes from my heart,
The water falling is the tears from my eyes...

You never knew how much I always wanted to say "Yes"
But we never met in the right order--
Timelines out of whack--
I was always five minutes late, five minutes early,
Never matching up...

Maybe in another life
Another world
Another time
It would be different.
But it's not.

And we must now follow the paths laid out for us.

For now, goodbye.

Perhaps life will find us together again someday.