I watched you from the corners of hidden rooms and prayed that you would not see me longing for you.
I watched you as you fell for another,
and wished so deeply that it wasn't true.

I watched how your heart broke
each time you whispered her name,
and I watched with tear filled eyes
as you always loved her with no shame.

I heard you call for her,
your voice filled with such a sorrowful song;
and my throat ached to cry out
"Dear Love, it is with me that you belong!"

I heard your anguisded cries
when she found her true lover,
and I wanted so bad to tell you that because of me
you had no need for another

I felt both mine and your heart die
when I saw you let her go.
For I knew you would never
in all this lifetime love me so.

And I felt as if my entire being was crushed when I saw the hurt left in you eyes, and I sadly find
that no matter how much she may have unknowingly hurt you or how much I have always secretly loved you,
I will always and forever be, just the girl you left behind.