An Explanation

i know that the time has been long,

but i read them over again:

love letters that once sang our song,

correspondence from way back then.

There are things i'd like to answer,

though the questions are not all there.

That i miss you now is for sure,

your face, smile, laughter, and hair;

i wore locket in Italy,

though that be where our poison lies;

i missed you while you were at sea,

my heart being of joys and sighs.

But here's the poison you may see

that i found on trip overseas -

it would not hurt or destroy me

if you come and go as you please,

meaning i could live without you.

So i went and made some mistakes

and took from you a small adieu.

That's all a breakup really takes.

Well, it wasn't bad from the start,

but i said adieu to my heart.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Decided to read some of my Navy ex's old love letters this morning and wrote this.  Sort of a selfish way of saying something I selfishly never told him.

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