Too Late

It’s too late to try again
He’s shown his other side.
While he’s laughing at everything
I am dying inside.

I know the separation is different
For him than it is for me.
I was just a passing fancy
And I loved him passionately.

Looking past his frailties and such
And loving the man I saw inside,
I grew so close to him that,
When I had to end it, I died.

Wanting to be close to him
And share all our tomorrows
I thought he might learn to love me
Instead he brought me sorrows.

I know he loved me at the beach
He treated me so very well
But now, he says his “mind went back”
And my mind went into hell.

He cannot let go of the past
And the wife he lost too early,
He’ll live that life they had
Until his own death, surely.

His heart was torn from his chest
When he found her dead in their bed,
And now, when he is with a woman
He has no heart to share.

I say I will not love again
I know that is not true.
The man I come to love
Will surely love me, too.

I will not spend my time
Crying over the past.
I know I made too many mistakes
And that it couldn’t last.

If I must love another
And I want love to be
Find a partner who has done the work
And whose heart and soul are free.