Just a Misunderstanding

[TalkTalk]

Well, this is it.

The last exit before

the jumping point,

and it's just you and me,

and all of a sudden I find out

that you haven't really been with me.

 

I am alone.

 

It's not your fault. You didn't know.

How could you have known?

 

So I suppose this is goodbye?

I can't bear to let you go.

Your hand clasped in mine—

but it is actually the steering wheel.

 

It's been in my mind, the whole time?

Sounds about right.

Assumptions are the downfall of humankind.

 

But how can I let go of something

that I never really held?

 

You've trapped me with your innocence

and you never knew it.

 

Is it right to say goodbye?

I'm not leaving, and neither are you…

but it feels right to say it,

even though neither of us are going anywhere.

 

I can't watch you leave.

Eyes closed.

But it's not forever.

 

You'll keep on coming back.

You'll never know how you kept me prisoner.

I'll never tell.

 

I can't watch you leave,

even though I know it'll only be tomorrow

before I see you again.

 

But it won't be the same.

You won't know, but I will.

I'll know it was never real.

 

It's still too early for our not-final goodbyes.

Can I bear to leave you, even for a day,

when I know part of me will be with you?

Even when you are unaware…

 

It's not your fault.

Please…don't touch me.

Don't wipe at my tears…

 

…I'm afraid I might kiss you.

 

Your eyes, I can't stop-

I'm falling!

 

Push the gas pedal!...but it doesn't work.

I can't escape your innocent entrapment.

Oh, if you knew…

 

…no! You won't.

I'll make sure of it.

 

No-please…

don't touch me…I'll be okay…

as long as you're within my grasp…

 

 

 

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[Daddy Bear]

honest and well-written, and it really speaks to me.

[mccarleighp]

one of the best that i have ever read well done

[Dubzuk]

i really like this poem, its speaks a lot of truth