Up, Up And Away Poem by Leria Hawkins

I’ve tried so hard to say goodbye
To let you go, oh how I’ve tried
I told you that I couldn’t stay
But you keep standing in my way

Your kind of love is just a joke
A silly game, a cruel hoax
It’s all just fluff and flattery
You aimed right at the heart of me

I loved you to the very core
Through the years I’ve loved you more
I never stopped to consider why
I never even had to try

It just came, a welcome breeze
A passion washing over me
All it took was just your smile
Ya know...you had me all the while

I thought we’d grown, beyond the touch
Believed your heart was close enough
But what I found was wrapped in strings
Too tightly bound to feel a thing

So now I try to run and hide
It’s funny but, I haven’t cried
I think I too, have turned to stone
It happened while I loved alone

I didn’t know how far I’d fall
Until I got this wake-up call
Seasons change and so have I
There’s nothing left, but my goodbye

It’s too late now to ask me why
It’s too late now to claim you’ll try
So much unsaid b’tween the lines
It's too late now to change your mind