Forbidden

You were never mine, but I wished you were.

I loved you more than words can say,
But you were never mine.
Each day I had to hide the pain,
And pretend that we were fine.

You were my best friend,
Who I cared for very much,
But in the end,
I could not bare the thought of your touch.

You belonged to another,
For me I found that hard.
We still felt for one another,
But already our love was scarred.

We never had a chance to be,
Maybe that was for the best,
But getting past our memories,
For me is the biggest test.

That night the way you kissed me,
And held onto my hand so tight,
Just the way you looked at me,
Both knowing the end was insight.

Maybe I just wasn't enough,
I guess now we'll never know.
Tell me, was the decision tough
To choose to let me go?

I guess what I'm trying to say is,
I will miss you very much,
I'll treasure all our memories,
I wish you all the best and good luck.

Reviews

[Alonzo Sherrell]

A very touching (w)rite Shannon. You express your pain as both a treasured badge of endearment, and yet you teeter on the edge of wishing you never knew of its existence. Poetry is a great conduit for emotional release, and you penned a gem many can relate to. Much enjoyed. ~Z

[emipoemi]

......holy kwap! This is also a heart wrencher. I felt the power that this exuded, and I needed to take a breath after reading it. Stanza 5 has a couple of problems:

- "in sight" is two words otherwise it means something completely different.
- The way the first line goes, the last line shouldn't be worded in that way, but rather "we both knew the end was in sight"

The final stanza should have a line break just for emphasis:
"I wish you all the best/Good luck!"
That way readers could really feel the hardship it is of having to let go of this unrequited love.

Other than that this is amazing! Well done!

[Skippy8910]

Yes shannon this is awesome but sorry to hear this :(