Because I Love You

To My Dearest,

Because I love you 

i will let you love another

And we will carry on

and you will be happy

i will see to it that you not only live a good life

But flourish in anything and everything you do 

And if, 

along the way,

you stumble and begin to fall

i'll be there, to catch you before you hit rock bottom

Because i love you,

i'll smile as much as i can

to hide the pain that fills my heart

i'll laugh as hard as i can because,

i once heard that if you repeat the same lie 

over        and over         and over

you just might believe it yourself

one day, 

i will be free of loving you.

Sincerely, the one that got away.