You Said You Loved Me

Acrostic poem about lost love

You Said You Loved Me…

You said, “I love you”,
On that first night while making love.
Unsure of my own feelings, I lay silent.

Slowly, ever so slowly, you brought me to where you were.
Against another starry night, I proclaimed the same.
“I love you”, I said, gazing deeply into your dark eyes.
Demanding nothing, expecting everything.

You said we’d last forever and I believed.
One day, suddenly, you took it all back.
Unbearable pain, the only thing left.

Leaving me all alone to pick up the pieces,
Over and over I wondered what I did wrong.
Visions of what could have been, what will never be
Entertained themselves in my head.
Dead dreams in a dying heart.

Melancholy memories are all that remain,
Erasing all else, leaving an empty spot on my heart.

(written October 18, 2005}