Not For Long Poem by Carlos Edd

The day you ceded your love to me
Gave me a lasting happiness
Hoping I will own you eternally
But I was wrong…very wrong because I didn’t own you even once

I think of it every night only to know why
But it seems the answer won’t ever come
I know you’re the only one who can tell me why
Why you don’t want me to own and possess you

I noticed ever since the first week of September
You don’t trust me anymore…that I wonder much
I don’t know if I have done something wrong before
That made you change so sudden…so fast

Afraid to tell, I just covered my loneliness with a smile
I didn’t let you notice because I didn’t want you to be mad
But yesterday you’re waiting somebody else
A man who is going to own and to love you

I know I am not that man you’ve been waiting for
Because I am not that guy, you want yourself to be owned
Nevertheless…he’ll come to love and own you more
And I hope your expectation won’t come too long



Edd