ONE BASKET
I put my heart and soul,
all into one basket.
Now only heartache I find,
Realizing too late,
you changed your mind.
What you once thought
you wanted and needed,
no longer has any appeal.
Foolishly;
I thought your intentions,
were real.
Believing in you,
and all the promises you made.
How quickly your love seemed to fade.
Were you in love with me,
or just the unknown?
The dream, the fantasy of a past,
of a past before we were grown.
and thought our love,
would forever last.
Do you now regret finding this chapter,
you thought forever closed?
Do you also regret,
the feelings that arose?
If I'd left my basket empty,
not overflowing with all of my
hopes and dreams.
Would I then feel,
my life weren't
ripped at the seams?
Perhaps things,
were better left alone.
Keeping my heart a stone.
Realizing that what once was;
Was better left to fade away.
Maybe then;
I wouldn't feel this way.
The hurt and sadness,
of rekindled flames.
that were never mine to claim.
Leaving the dreams behind;
accepting the life I have.
Learning you can't lose,
what you never really had.
An empty basket is all that remains.
A broken heart,
for someone else to claim.
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