I Never Did Tell You Poem by Katelin Taylor

I had a lifetime to tell you I loved you,
And yet when your life was all through
You took your last breath on this earth and I cried
For I doubted that you really knew.

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I feared that my words would be empty,
Forced by my unwilling tongue
But then at the last I regretted the past
When I realized my chances were done.

I intended to write you a poem,
Telling you just what you mean
To everyone on this old earth that you touched
And least of all, most of all, me.

I never did write you that poem,
I never did tell you the words
I never expressed in the way I do best
That I love you more than the whole world.

You'll never be able to read this
Unless you can read it from there
So instead I will warn all of those left behind
That family is precious and rare.

They say you should tell all your loved ones
You love them - tell them while you can
I used to think of this as a cliché
But now I swear I understand.

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I never did tell you I loved you,
Not sufficient for me, anyway
In thousands of tongues I could never express
I love you - that's all I can say.