Are You Sure?

just a thought...

Please, keep it; I can't take it back.

I finger the 24 karat, would-be engagement ring

that sits on a chain around my neck,

a constant and torturous reminder.

I can't take it back.

The night I foolishly refused your lovely proposal,

you said those words to me,

and I accepted the ring, not quite sure

what in the world to do with it.

I can't take it back.

That night was so confusing,

so right, so wrong,

so everything I've ever wanted.

I can't take it back.

Now, three years later, you've moved on,

and I'm still here, as scared as ever.

If I could revisit that night, figure out what I was thinking,

change my asinine response from a two-letter word

to that three-letter one,

I would.

Please, keep it; I can't take it back.

If I could change your mind right now,

call you up, tell you I made a  mistake all those days ago,

I would.

If I could make it to where I'd never uttered the word "no" at all,

I would.

I would do anything, but

I can't take it back.

Reviews

[-Aurelia Mirella]

Awe this is terribly sad, but I still enjoyed it.

I liked the flow of the poem very much.

Wonderful job. :]

Always,
-Aurelia Mirella

[Kristin Brecoe]

=] simply fabulous. it's so sad, but that just means you got the emotion across. =]


oh, and that coverart- creepy.

[Tomás Ó C..]

Regrets, eh?

[writeing queen 94]

love ur poem if u use yahoo or msn add me

[MissRed]

Wow, how sad and revealing. I love the repetition of "I can't take it back" and how it brings all together in the conclusion. Beautiful and exposing, I could feel the pain and regret without having ever been in a situation like that. Thanks for sharing this!