And I Cried

Dawn came
As I knew it would
And I cried.
I cried for what was lost
And what may never again be found
For two lovers who had so freely shared themselves
And what one couldn't admit.

Night came
As I knew it would
And I cried.
I cried for what had been forgotten
And what was unwilling to be remembered
For vows made from the heart
And the arrival of unavoidable duties as well.

The rain came
As I had known that it would
And I cried.
I cried for the heart which was breaking
Under the burdens of unrequited love
For the scarred and bruised heart
Who had openly reached out to another.

Winter arrived
As it often does
And once more I cried.
Cried for the trust carelessly shattered
And the tears that were shed
And I cried for the emptiness
Which had been caused by disbelief.

Then the flowers came
As I had expected them to one day
And once more I cried.
I cried for the ending they represented
And the farewell  received
For the blood that had been senselessly shed
And the existence that had been sealed.

The gray light of dawn came again
No matter how hard I tried to force it away
I was trying to forget all of the pain
Of a love I knew wouldn't last
Trying to forget his last words to me
Words that haunt me still.

With the coming of night
I ran out of my tears
I now stare dry-eyed into the distance
Attempting to handle all of my painful memories
I had seen the train of our relationship
Through to the very bitter end
Yet now the reality of never seeing him again
Is threatening to destroy me.