Love Was Never There To Trust Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

How long...
Do you think we can carry on,
A relationship that has ended
Its mending.
When we once tried to begin,
Again!

How long...
Is a goodbye we said before.
When a door that was closed...
Was never to be opened.
And we parted to be friends,
Again!

Why?
Why do we do this to try...
Something not meant to be for us.
Why can't we just forget this.
To quit it.
And walk away to stay that way.

And why?
Why do we hurt ourselves.
Hoping that no one else...
Will come between us.
When love was never there,
To trust!

How long...
Do you think we can carry on,
A relationship that has ended
Its mending.
When we once tried to begin,
Again!

How long...
Is a goodbye we said before.
When a door that was closed...
Should never been then opened.
To let heartbreak begin,
Again!

Tell me why?
Why do we do this to try.
Why can't we be the friends we could have been,
Before.
Before we thought we had much more!
And what was that did we explore...
Before?

But then again,
Perhaps...
Our friendship,
Was never one that ended.
Since one between us ever did begin!