INNOCENT LOVE

Your heart 

ran out and met mine

though I knew then

and you did not

that it would never work.

I must forgive you

for not knowing

for reaching out

with an innocence

that I knew

would be gone one day -

and when it did

leave

in its place

a man, a stranger

who once stole my heart.

Love dies an early death.

I hope it was all worth it -

your wish to live well

and love well?

'cause something

must be worth

all this heartache.