Even While You're Here

You said you love poetry,

so this one is for you.

I used to write many poems;

it’s something you never knew.

Maybe because the lifetime we planned for fell through,

and this is all I have left to give you.

I hope you know it was always you,

but God had other plans that I couldn’t undo.

With you, time didn’t exist.

Every memory was filled with a forever we never had to name.

My heart learned a language only this love could explain.

This is why letting you go still feels in vain.

I learned so much in the season I had with you,

a season I will forever cherish, for it gave me pieces of you.

We never got the chance to say “I do,” yet it doesn’t mean I didn’t love you.

It’s just our love wasn’t fair, and my heart grieves you, even while you’re here.

You know where I’m writing this from,

and this place will never be the same.

When you visit, may it remind you of a love story that softly came.

You told me it was okay and that better was on the way.

Until that day arrives, my love will remain.

I let you go, but my heart holds true.

I will always remember the love I had for you.