Tell Me (Poem)

Tell Me

I’ve never felt the sorrow,
that now has claimed my heart.
And I know every tomorrow,
I’ll recall each guilty part
of every word we ever said in anger
that turned you, from a lover, to a stranger.
I’ve never felt such anguish.
I don’t know if I’ll survive.
I know that I no longer
can keep this flame alive.
And so, I know that you will have to go.
But before you do, there’s something I must know.

Tell me that this pain will go away.
Tell me the sun will shine another day.
Tell me that this anguish soon will end.
Tell me that this broken heart will mend.
Tell me, though this sorrow cuts me deep,
that someday I’ll no longer need to weep.
Tell me the sun will shine another day.
Tell me that this pain will go away.

You’ve long since been away now,
but I still cry these tears.
I cannot figure out how
I can erase so many years
of a life that once brought smiles to my face.
When was it that our love turned far from grace?

I cannot seem to forget
what some would say is past.
I lay sleepless with my regrets
‘til the sun comes up at last.
But, those memories don’t lay down with the moon,
and another cloudy day will follow soon.

Tell me that this pain will go away.
Tell me the sun will shine another day.
Tell me that this anguish soon will end.
Tell me that this broken heart will mend.
Tell me, though this sorrow cuts me deep,
that someday I’ll no longer need to weep.
Tell me the sun will shine another day.
Tell me that this pain will go away.