edward23

I can't believe I told you. All my life, I've been afraid of telling guys how I feel about them. I must have re-thought telling you only a million times, and I must have re-typed what I sent to you only a thousand times. It took almost all my courage to press send. I want to turn off my phone so I wouldn't know how long it took you to answer. Instead, I closed my phone and busied myself to get my mind off it, but until you answered (which was a while) I could not concentrate on a single simple task. Your answer finally came. It confused me and I didn't know what to make of it. But I replied in a light manner, for what you said m

I asked a question and you replied Not an honest answer nor a lie But yet when heard I could no longer hold The tears that I had known Were soon to follow. A thousand questions, A million answers I could never have imagined Your answer to hurt as much As a knife plunged slowly Through a heart. It felt as though my heart Were shattering into A thousand pieces, A million shards But yet, I stood there Relieved but crying If only I could silence my voice And hide my tears Maybe then I would have been Able to muster the courage To walk away with Any dignity I had left. It was just that I Had been so hopeful And I

I'll tell you if you promise, You promise just to listen, Promise not to say a word, Promise not to make a sound. I'll tell you if you sit real still, Sit and look just at me, Sit and pay attention to, The words I say the things I share. I'll tell you if you don't voice, Your opinions here and there, Don't voice your thoughts about what I've said, Until at least I'm done. I'll tell you now so listen closely, Because what I say I won't repeat, So listen carefully, listen now, For what I say I mean.