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If Only
If only I could have back
all those wasted moments
each hour spent
by your side.
If only I could rip
those ‘I love you’s
from your lying lips,
and throw them into the fire
back where they belong
where they evolved
from a fiery passion
into what they’ve become now.
You never did love me,
did you?
If you did
you showed it too late.
Believe me.
I wanted you too,
but if only,
I could have back the emotions
torn from my heart.
The love wasted
tears cried in vain.
What was the use?
In the end, it turned out the same.
Now I’ll see you with her
but I’m in a better place
I have who I need
if only just
I could get back the love I wasted.
now I’ll make better choices.
Now I will really see
that the liar
is not you
not me
not anyone;
the liar is love its self,
sitting on our hearts,
making them beat
to the tune of an imaginary metronome
for someone who we barely know.
If only I could stop the raven pouncing on my chest.
If only I could reverse the time
and see who was really there for me.
Not you
but him.
If only
yes
if only.
But time doesn’t reverse
and neither does love.
So I guess
I’ll just have to continue life
as though nothing happened
as though
you never existed.
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