Authored: March 24, 2017

You had your pick of suitors
I was simply a figure in the background
I was stuck in the same quicksand
I promised you one day I would take you away
Away from all that held you down
So, for a moment you said "I so want that"
And the next day you were with another
Either way it's gone.

Either way it's gone
I took back all the days
And I watched you have your pick of suitors
You forgot me
I remember your words to me
I remember telling you I'd carry you by my shoulders
Carry you into safety and love.

A memory, I am gone from your mind
I loved you
But my love was what you didn't need
Now you are married
In a loveless marriage.

A memory unbidden in your mind
You remember my promise to take you away
But it's too late
I am stuck in quicksand
Sinking fast
Fading into obscurity.

I sent you one message
And you click open
"Where were you?"
"there'll be no beautiful ending"
Goodbye....