The Rose I Love

I've loved you from afar, I've loved you up close.

You were never just grass, you were always a rose. 

I've been broken a lot but never broken by you. 

If anything you are, you are too good to be true. 

I've looked at you and known you'll never be mine.

I've stopped having hope, I've stopped wishing for a sign.

Try as I may, I can never believe.

That you loved me, and foolishly I leave.

Leave everything I've ever wanted.

A memory that will forever be haunted. 

I couldn't be brave.

I made a mistake far too grave. 

I'm sorry I've never said it before.

I've loved you forever and I wish I could love you for more.

So much so that I know,

I was a fool to ever let you go.