Love - Shannon Shell

I loved you, but I could not wait forever.
I made my choice,
But you would not make me yours.

In some delays, a year’s as good as never.
As what is lost no change of heart restores.
I love you still, but I cannot think of you
Without the bitter longest of regret.

This too will pass, I know and time renew.
The innocence one needs to love,
You were my once,
That never comes again.

A happiness untouched by any pass,
Whatever comes next with the stain
Of knowing well, this love might not last.

Goodbye my love! I hope someday you’ll be ripe for the love
You could have for me.

Shannon Shell