Love of my life(but not mine)

You were the calm inside my storm,

The place where all my pieces formed.

In your eyes, I saw my truth

The kind I never found in youth.

But timing came with crooked hands,

And wrote our fate in shifting sands.

I wear a ring that isn't yours,

Behind a quietly closing door.

You are the love of my life

But I can't be the hand you hold at night.

Though every part of me is yours,

I live behind these silent doors.

We never lied, we never strayed,

But hearts don’t always get to stay.

So I’ll love you in the quiet, undefined…

The love of my life

But not mine.

You held my heart with open hands,

No need for words, you’d understand.

In another world, we’d dance and breathe,

But this one asked me not to leave.

So I became what life required,

While killing dreams we both desired.

You never asked for me to choose,

But loving you meant I would lose.

You are the love of my life

But fate carved out another life.

I walk the line I said I’d take,

While every step makes my heart break.

I wish you joy, I wish you light,

A love that holds you every night.

Though you're the name I whisper to the sky…

You’re the love of my life

But not mine.

I hope she gives you peace and grace,

And wipes the shadows from your face.

I hope your smile returns with time,

In arms that never feel like crime.

I’ll never ask, I’ll never plead,

You deserve a love that’s truly freed.

You’ll always be my silent prayer,

My sacred ache, my answered dare.

But I belong to vows I made,

Even if my heart still fades.

I’ll carry you through every year,

In dreams too fragile to appear.

You are my once, my soul's design—

The love of my life…

But not mine.

So go, be loved be whole, be true

And know no one will love like I do.