Unrequited

by Dirce

How could you think you had nothing to offer? How could you think you meant nothing to me? You were my friend and my hope and my counsel You were my savior who helped me be free Did you know how I yearned for you night after night? Did you know how I hoped and prayed for your touch? I thought you'd grow bolder, I thought you would speak I thought we would have what we wanted so much Why wouldn't you show me the man 'hind the mage? Why wouldn't you say what you wanted to say? I was taught to be courted, not take the first step I was taught that a princess did not act that way I turned to another who welcomed my love I turned to another who gave me his heart You let me go to him, you said not a word You let silence and circumstance keep us apart Now you are lost to me, now you are gone Now you will rest in your long peaceful sleep And I must go on with no more than my memories And I must go on, with a promise to keep * * *