I Would Be Lying

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I Would Be Lying

I made myself a promise a long time ago 
No matter what I'd never lie to you
Although we've gone separate ways
To that promise, I've always been true

I’d be lying if I said after all these years
My feelings for you don’t still run deep.
It doesn’t matter I haven’t spoke to you.
In more years than I’d care to remember.
There’s something about what we had
For some reason I can’t seem to let go

I’d be lying if said, I think of you everyday
But when thoughts of you cross my mind
I like lingering in them for a longer time
Than I’d tend to do if you were any other.
Even up this moment I often question how 
Old feelings survive the way that they do.

I’d be lying if I said; I’m not in love with you.
Not the passion kind we were accustomed to
A kind of love with a much deeper meaning
As a special friend would have for another.
That kind of love means more than anything
Without exceptions it’s lasting and enduring

I would be lying if I gave you any reason.
As to why you crossed my mind today
Although without your ever knowing it
You still make my day in the fondest way

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thecross commented on I Would Be Lying

04-30-2010

Very nicely written emotional piece definitely a write some can relate too, well done.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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