Poem of the Week #20

Hello everyone, and welcome again, to Poem Of The Week. Let's get another poem up in here... So...yea, here's a poem:

I don’t want to hurt you anymore
I’m not sure if I ever did
But I know you have your reasons
For walking the path you chose
Despite what you tell me
Deep down it feels like a lie.
But I won’t block the roads before you
I won’t stand in front of your path
Honestly, I’d prefer to walk it with you
But sometimes, we chose to walk alone.
Sometimes, we prefer it to anything else.
Right now that’s what you want,
To stand on your own, that I can respect
But I can’t ignore the past, I can’t forget
What I’ve felt, try as I might, it won’t fade.
As I write these words down
As I give in to these feelings
I know that no good will come of it.
I know as I dig my hole deeper
Nothing that I say will bring you back
Nothing that I do will change your mind.
The fact that this poem exists
Will cast you further away from me
But that’s not what I want you to feel
I want you to feel happy
Even if it’s not with me.
I would like to go back to the way it was.
Maybe that just can’t happen,
But I’d be willing to try.
You’ve been there, from my highest point
To my lowest, you were there with me.
But that’s all in the past…a taste
For my starving memory.
I don’t know what you want to hear,
But these words need to be said
Even if they mean nothing to you anymore.
I just want you to know…
You will never be a burden in my eyes
You will never be a source of hatred in my mind
But you will always…
You will always be remembered in my heart.

Anthony C, "Your Last Tribute"