Poem, No More Talking

I’d ask you for forgiveness,
but really, what is there to forgive?
If you thought that my love
was like your love,
then you were mistaken.
I always said I was a loner, didn’t I?

I’d ask you to respect my choice,
but really, what was in the choosing?
I never chose the life I lead, it chose me.
I’d ask you to remember
all the good times with the bad.
But it’s not up to me to decide
what you think of me,
from now on.
As it wasn’t in the past.
I always said we must make our own way, didn’t I?

I’d ask you not to cry.
I’d ask you not to lie.
I’d ask you not to curse me.
I’d ask you to -please try.
But nothing I ask will take these words
and change them from Goodbye.
Though I said I’d always love you, didn’t I?