My Broken Heart..............On A Shelf........Why? Poem by Mahfooz Ali

Sometimes I stop and wonder,
What I saw in you...
Was it in your gentle words?
Or the simplicity in the things you do?

You always were so calm and kind,
So rare it seems today...
You didn't mind being different,
Or the opinions of what others had to say...

I found myself attracted to you,
The moment that we met...
The way you made me smile,
I never will forget...

My friends thought I was crazy,
But it was love at first sight...
And my heart led me to believe,


All of the illusions,
That I made up in my mind...
Were so far from truth,
But I couldn't see it at the time...

It wasn't easy being so close,
Yet, so very far away...
Not knowing how you felt,
Kept me in bondage every day...

I kept you in my prayers, constantly,
In hopes that you would see,
Just how much I cared for you,
And maybe one day, you would care for me...

One day my prayers were answered,
You said that you would like to try...
You thought we’d be good together,
I should have known it was a lie...

I guess I was just another toy,
A game you liked to play...
I wish I had known sooner,
You never planned to stay...

All of the empty promises,
You led me to believe...
How could I be so foolish,
And so easily deceived?

I wish I would have known,
That you needed to be free...
But you're the one who stole my heart,
And now you hold the key...

My dreams became a nightmare,
The way it had to end...
You left without discussing it,


How could you live with yourself?
Knowing what you did...
You didn't act like a mature,
You acted like a kid...

Running from the truth,
Was the easy thing to do...
I wish you had the courage to be honest,
To gently tell me... we were through...

I guess I have come to realize,
That love is a fairy tale...
No matter how I have tried,
I always seem to fail...

Why do some win at love?
And others always lose...
Is it just that I'm unlucky,
Or is it the girl I seem to choose?

I think that this time;
I will stay by myself...
And take my broken heart,
And put it on a shelf...

Now no one can break it,
Or try to steal the key,
Of the broken pieces,
Of a heart... that once was free...