He asked, "How can I make you believe I love you?"

She whispered, "I don't know, I just? don't feel it anymore."

His words once warm, now cold,

Felt empty, a truth that couldn't be told.

"Why? What more do you need?" he pleaded,

"I was lost too, can't you see?"

She sighed, "You liked her,

While I was here for you,

Not her - always, only ME."

Now,

"How can I believe it's me you choose?"

Her voice cracked, filled with fear and bruises.

"What if she comes back,

And you return to her?"

His heart raced, but she wasn't sure.

"Why is it so hard for you to see?"

He begged, "I'm right here, in front of you, can't you feel me?"

"Is that not enough?"

She asked, her eyes cold,

"Enough? Just because I wanted you,

Doesn't mean you can claim my soul."

"Tell me, what must I do to prove

You're the one, and no one else?"

She paused, her heart a battlefield,

"I don't know?

But I can't trust your love,

Not now, not after what was revealed."

Do you even realise how I felt

When "You told me of her,

While I was here,

Always present ,yet unaware'

those words took my breath away.

I felt so small, so unimportant,

As if love was something I couldn't own,

Everything was there, but still unknown."

She swallowed the pain, a silent scream,

"Every time I longed for you,

I had to remind myself of what's TRUE

You were NEVER mine to keep,

You NEVER were,

You NEVER will be.

No matter the connection is how deep"

And now, when I stand with my heart resigned

Here you are, pleading, 'give me one more chance'?

Claiming ' you love me?'

But I can't believe it,

I can't believe YOU,

I can't undo the ache

Can't erase the dance,

we never had!

I've learned to breathe, without you here

To fine peace, without your touch

But I still wonder ---

Was love ever meant to be this way ?