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With Salty Tears

With Salty Tears

 

We sit alone in a bed we once made love in

We talk about the past and what went wrong

You lie there crying wanting me to hold you

How did we ever get this far? This is not us

I listen to your words between your sobs

I feel you shake as you can't help yourself

You're telling me everything that's causing these tears to fall

Where were all these tears hiding? All this pain?

You were an angel who flew into my heart and kept it safe

You were an angel who wrapped me into her arms of love

Now you're an angel so lost you can't see what you had

As you cry I remember why we're losing everything

This bed was shared with another man

The sheets dirtied by the juices of lust

The lies of a heartless wife whose love there never really was

For once it is not I that am crying but you

For once I feel I can go on and be me

So as I watch you cry I know that the pain you feel is real

I know that you are hurting like you hurt me

Fly to the man you chose

The man who makes you happy

The man you hid from me

Go to him and be faithful.

Be his angel.

Be everything I deserved and never got

Be who you want to be

That is his angel with love so pure for one human being

Good-bye my sweet angel. Good-bye for now and forever

Don't cry for if you're truly happy you would be smiling

It was you and I against the world and you promised me forever more

You let me go and the struggle has ended.

It's time for me to let you go.

Here's the hug you asked for

Here's me kissing away your tears

With salty tears upon my lips I say I love you

This is your last kiss.

This is our last goodbye.

This is our final fight for love

Copyright © Brian Stoaks | Year Posted 2015

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Lin Lane Date: 10/17/2015 9:15:00 AM Oh, Stephen. I didn't make it through your beautiful poem without crying. Although not for the same reason, I felt the pain of a last sorrowful goodbye kiss. You must have loved her very much to leave her so gently. I think YOU are an angel. This is one for my favorites. Thank you for baring your heart. ~ Lin ~ Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 10/17/2015 9:58:00 AM I think I knew it was true. Such sentiment is difficult to write if the author has not lived it. Brian Stoaks Date: 10/17/2015 9:20:00 AM Thank you Lin. This was an actual event between my ex wife and I. To this day this is still one of my favorites outside of the sadness of reality.