Hope

She didn't tell him what she was thinking 

It seemed insignificant anyway,

To remind him of what he's not bringing,

While her love for him keeps weakening,

And keeps pushing her farther away.

For it finally did die today,

Found courage to be not afraid,

Lost moments in eyes unsmiling,

New plans will be carefully laid.

For her needs she will gladly trade,

For the hope she is now aborting,

Her heart to him she would have bade,

Clinging to the love they had made.

For this love lost in dark abandoning,

A different time when she might have stayed,

If she thought he would have been trying,

She'd stand with him another day.

But she can't stop the tears she keeps crying,

While her thoughts go unsaid, now breaking,

05.12.13
©Kerri L. Stanley