Pursuit

My mother said you’d always find ways to be near me

To show me why I should be with you

And I pretended not to notice

But of course I knew

Even when we were kids

You watched me fall in and out of love

With other boys

Then other men

I thought you loved me enough

To wait until I was ready for you

But life happened

I went away for adventures I needed to have

And you thought I’d gone forever

So you found a replacement

Settled into a new house, a new life

We were in my car at the market square

You told me about your children

I said I’d messed everything up for us

Still, you told me we would be okay

I said there was no way you could know

After the crash, the nurse said I called your name

The minute you walked through the hospital doors

I knew I loved you, had always loved you

And I knew I could never have you

I’m sorry it took me too long.