written indelible
maybe it is just
years passing
that make the moments
finally take the shape
that they have always held
and words I can't recall saying
can fall from my lips now
like they were meant to be said
all along
but what can I say to you now
to change that I broke your heart
out of fear and indecision?
my hands were so full
of the fabric of my heart
I was afraid to open them
and let you in
all my answers
misunderstood
until now, years too late
If I whispered
with all my heart
right now
would you hear it back then
when it mattered ?
could I explain
across these missing years
that I love you
and always will?
did you know
when you placed your name
in my heart
you wrote your name
in indelible ink?
Don McGonigal September 2006