I am gone

When love ends, life ends

I saw her for the first time

and I saw a perfect woman

I was shy but I spoke

She listened and we talked more

I saw her again and again

I helped her when she needed it

I listened to her stories

I offered a shoulder when she cried

I stayed by her side

when she was ill

and held her hand when she was in pain

Each day my love for her grew

I wanted to tell her

but I was afraid

She came to me when she had news

She had found the man for her

He was tough and rough

He lived in the mountains

She was to go to live with him

She asked why I was angry

She could not see what I was

She could not see the love I had for her

Once she called me a wimp

because I believed in peace not war

She said I would never fight

She said I was a coward

I told her I believed in romance

I told her I would always love her

I told her my love would never end

All those things I did for her

All those times I cared

And she never wanted me

She only used me

Well, Go on

Go to your perfect man

Go where it never gets warm

Go away from me

But when his hands give you scars

when his voice grates your ears

When he no longer needs you

Then come and search for me

But I will not be here

I have taken my broken heart

And have taken solace

in the darkness of the grave