In Retrospect

I gave you my heart,

You took my breath away.

You clawed your way into my head,

You've taken all my thoughts away.

So this is what it feels like...

To be on the other side,

To breathe at another's command,

To ache every time she smiles,

To swallow any pride you have left,

To surrender and let down your guard.

To take a breathe I have to relearn,

Coz if its too deep; my heart wrenches

And one too short would risk losing you

If this is love and this is what I ran from,

If this is what the poets feel,

Each day... How they carried on.

Then I was a fool for trying to run,

And for staying, maybe a greater fool.

But to discover,

A reason to breathe

A reason to ache

A reason to feel...

I'd ever be the poetic fool

Who found a reason for life.