Requiem For A Lost Love Poem by Jeff Stoddart

Love won't be denied, if you take things in your stride
Sounds like good advice...but now there's no one at my side
And time washes clean all loves wounds unseen
I know 'cos someone told me, but I don't know what it means
And I did everything I knew to try and make you mine
And I know I'm going to love you for a long, long, time.

Caught in my fear and blinking back a tear
I can't say you hurt me, for you never came that near
and I never drew much response from you
Even all the time I hoped, even though you never knew
So I did everything I could to try and make you mine
Now I know it's going to hurt me for a long, long time.

I dreaded waiting for the day that I knew you'd go away
But no one ever told me of the price I'd have to pay
And life is full of loss, yet who amongst us knows the cause?
I now live in a memory of a love that nearly was
But I did everything I could to try and make you mine
And I know I'm going to miss you for a long, long, time.