If Only I Could Give Back
How do I begin, when I don’t want this to end?
An apology is my start
Please accept it from my heart
Like yours, it is broken apart
Walking alone I carry these thoughts
Of a woman I adore, a woman I love, so madly in love
Though I can feel your anger
Like a burn to my soul
Your husband I wish still to be
Always there by your side
Despair I can see, trapped inside your aching heart
Oh to wish it free
My wife
My life you are
My friend, I care
My God I pray
If only I could give back
What you know I have taken
Would I be forsaken?
Like a cry from the cross
It meant nothing
It was over, before it began
Oh how my trust has left…
Like a shadow at dusk, it bleeds away…
Dying with every breath we take
With every step I take
I hold out, I reach out
To wipe your tear
You’re my light
You are my guiding soul
You’re all I know, and yet
Our child may never know
This father to be
The child you carry
The child you have nurtured
How can a man be so wretched?
But I pray this simple note
Will find some way to heal your heart
To put a smile on those lips
And let it kiss that hurt
30 August 2014
Copyright © Mark Trichet | Year Posted 2014
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