The Words I Never Said

There are things eternity cannot keep,

And promises we make in silence.

I could have told you everything…

But I rather feared you'd believe me.

You walked through doors I'd built to last,

With dreams too bright for a world so vast.

You spoke of choices, of finding home,

And made forever feel less alone.

I'd watch you smile across the room,

While hiding truths you never knew.

A gentleman, or so I'd claim,

Yet quite a coward where you came.

I knew the language of the stars,

The secrets hidden in between.

But every time you looked at me,

I lost the words I'd meant to speak.

These are the words I never said,

The quiet truths I kept instead.

I loved you more than time could hold,

But never dared to let you know.

I could have asked you to be mine,

But love was never mine to bind.

And if my silence broke my heart,

I'd choose your freedom from the start.

(The words I never said…)

I remember when the doorway fell,

The final light, the last farewell.

You reached for those you couldn't leave,

And vanished where I couldn't reach.

I searched the spaces left behind,

Through broken paths and borrowed time.

And every world that brought you near,

Reminded me of all those years.

I could command a thousand doors,

Yet not the one within your heart.

And what a curious thing to learn,

That love could leave a Devil scarred.

These are the words I never said,

The quiet truths I kept instead.

I loved you more than time could hold,

But never dared to let you know.

I could have asked you to be mine,

But love was never mine to bind.

And if my silence broke my heart,

I'd choose your freedom from the start.

What if I'd spoken on that night?

Would you have stayed beside my side?

Or would the truth have changed the way

You smiled at me from day to day?

I'd never trade the trust you gave,

For words that might have made you stay.

But if I had one moment more,

Before you crossed that final door…

I'd tell you.

(I loved you…)

These are the words I never said,

But love was never truly dead.

Through every life, through every end,

I'd find the courage to begin again.

And now you're standing here with me,

Not bound by fate or history.

You chose my hand, you chose to stay,

And all my silence fell away.

"There you are, darling."

I once believed eternity was quite enough.

Then I met you.

And discovered I wanted tomorrow.

(Until we meet again…)