That Which Is Real

Oh to be just a friend To laugh, joke and play with you Is not something I know how to do Oh how I wish it were For it’d sure eliminate All this pain I feel Sometimes it happens That starting off fun Turns into something real And what was meant to make you laugh Turns into tears That seem to take Life’s breath away Leaving you to feel Like there’s so much left to say If only this, if only that If I only could, if you only would So many tricks of the mind As we try to find Justification for holding on To what should be freed So we can move on Yet we hold out hope In each accidental hello That tides will turn Though they have long washed away It’s just the way of life And how love burns Until we learn The difference in what we feel And that which is real