For Jen
I feel so lonely without your touch
I don't know how to heal
Your arms that wrapped around me
Your love was all that was real
But instead of falling into your embrace
I braced myself for the fall
I prepared myself for the oncoming hurt
Unconsciously building a wall
I slowly gathered up bricks and mortar
In a fiery ball in my chest
Until a fire of fear and pain
Used my love as a catalyst
And harsh words were thrown
And hot tears were cried
And little by little, bit by bit
Both of us started to die inside
And you retreated into a shell
And colored the world around you grey
And I searched for a method inside myself
To try and make everything ok
But as time passed by
And our lines were drawn
The more my search seemed futile
The more I could see you were gone
The distance grew in silence
You and I on opposite sides
And our fallen tears were thrown to the ocean
To be forgotten with the incoming tide
And even though I still remembered
My endless love for you
You took your life and ran with it
Into the arms of someone new
You let her kiss away your salty tears
And mend what had fallen apart
And you let yourself forget the love
That is still alive in my heart
And now so much time has passed
But my mind still turns to you
I wonder if your feelings still last
The way mine will always do
I wonder if your mind ever reaches for me
Searches for the slightest clue
That the love still remains
If there'll ever be another chance
For me to prove myself to you
Because for you I would walk through fire
broken glass or rain
For even the slightest chance
For me to make up for the pain
Because to hold you in my arms
to touch your silken hair
Is a primal need inside of me
More precious than the air
And so I ask of you one question
as the last shades of night depart
If you look deep down inside yourself
is there still room for me in your heart?
Who were you then? And who are you now? That you think you can figure it all out, the mathematics of regret. It takes two beers to remember now, and five more to forget. That I love you so..what. Yeah I love you so..what.