Of love that never truly existed

Once upon a night in our lives as strangers
Our eyes accidentally caught one another
Something in the air forced us
To start something we were not supposed to have

Telling ourselves and each other lies
Pretended to hope that we could one day be together
Neither has the courage to ask
Nor to be honest to one’s true self

Once upon a night in our lives as lovers
We were so caught up in a love that we never truly share
So lost in a love that never truly existed between us
So enslaved by hopes that would never arrive

Until once upon a morning in our lives as pretenders
Something in the air reminded us where our hearts truly were
So we stopped the pretentious dreams in a rush
Letting go of things that we didn’t truly have

Painful as it was
Everything said and done were left to bear
Leaving everything in the past
We simply moved on and good bye we waved

We continued to live as strangers
But we would always remember
That once upon a day in the distant past
We were once lost in a strange and dangerous wave

Of love that never truly existed

14 Dec 98 15:20