I saw you
there in the moonlight
dark eyes glowing
penetrating
deep into mine,
with a love so intense
I took a step backwards
unsure what to do next
and for a few moments I looked away...
for what was I going to say
when all l could think
while my voice babbled on
was how could I do this,
why had I let it go on so long.
Was I afraid to hurt you?
Was it because your love was
none like I had ever known and
maybe I was afraid to let go?
But no,
that is not why.
I tried hard to make this work
but you demanded so much of my time,
every day
I felt more and more caged
like mountain gorillas in a zoo,
suffocating,
suffocating
slowly losing the will to live.
Even if you had finally
left the cage door open
I would not have walked away.
It was already too late
for both of us...
So tonight
I came to tell you goodbye.
But you already knew that
...didn't you.