Maybe I shouldn't have left
Maybe I should have stayed and fought.
For the right to be happy - for you, and me.
Or to try. We will not know what would have been.
Your guess is as good as mine.
But I ran. With the men on my back, and the memories in my head.
Gone away, as far as I could.
But -
...There is no but.
I guess I have used it as an excuse to escape
From the pain and the memories carrying it...
They shall stay behind,
With the land that I loved.
I still remember the feeling around you -
when we were together.
Oh, my mind, so peaceful back then (believe it or not)
But only then.
You were an oasis -
A beautiful sight, for these tired eyes.
©pastalive
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