Of Love I Will Lie Poem by Elizabeth Fletcher

You see my sweet tears as they fall from my eyes.
You hear the shaking in my voice as I lie.
You know my words are empty of all truth.
You beg for honesty so you beg me for proof.
I obviously can't give you the simple thing you ask.
I lie to you because it is a very important task.
I must not tell you how I really feel.
I will be perfectly honest, it makes my mind reel.
How I wish that I ment it when I said I didn't care!
How I wish it wasn't my heart trapped in this snare!
How I beg and plead for you to simply let my heart go...
How I wish to tell you, all that you wish to know.
Sometimes I dream of you and I together.
Sometimes I fantasize that we will last beyond forever.
Sometimes I feind myself crying until I fall asleep.
It is because of the truth. the reality, that I weep.
We can't go on for much too long...
Your heart is bound to sing another song.
Your smile can't hide the thoughts in your mind.
Your thoughts would hurt but you are much to kind
To speak them aloud, to let them leave your head.
You care for my feelings but you wonder if you should leave instead.
That's why I tell you that I don't love you.
That's why I do everything that I do.
You WILL leave me soon enough.
As always thought my heart was tough
But, I know that if things continue
I wont't be able to stand to lose you.
So instead I'm setting you free.
So instead I'm not letting you return to me.
So instead I will live out my life alone.
So instead my heart with pain will grow.