Regrets

© T. B. Jackson

I was left without words when I saw you today

In silence I fell, my thoughts taken away

The sound of your voice, the glint in your eyes

I just wanted to hold you, to love you tonight

It's been far too long yet time has stood still

Like in exile alone on the edge of a hill

No rhyme and no reason can explain it to me

Why it is that a love that's so pure cannot be

You know of my feelings, the truth cannot hide

As sure as a cork bobs its way on the tide

And I run from your sight, I know not what to do

But I cannot erase what is is real, what is true

The only regret I will take to my grave

If I meet with my maker, if ever I'm saved

Will be never knowing just what might have been

Had I opened my heart and allowed you within