I Know What You Thought...

I know what you thought
I wished you could see
What everyone thought
Because then I would be free
It was only a friendship
Now vanished in despair
No slip 'twixt cup and lip
Not a wondrous affair
A time to rearrange
A chance to get away
A person of change
Wanting me to stay
Wine by the firelight
Whispering dreams
Poetry into the night
A romance to redeem
A love of two minds
Slipped through my hands
It was not by your design
So you could not understand
You drew me back
With false guilt and shame
With never a lack
Of self-pity and disdain
You locked your door
You threw away the key
You denied forevermore
You chose to sacrifice me

Lora Frikken ~ 8-13-06