When Things Go Wrong

Been loving you for so long

Yet along the way, many things went wrong

Didn't want you to really know

How much of a struggle it is for me to let you go

This love of mine overflows

It barely concedes the necessary boundaries

How were we to know?

We seemed to have fallen so far apart after a few good years

I see that anger, pain, and deep regret in your eyes

Can't count all the times it always felt like a failure try after try

And I prayed for you and me to be side by side

Many days and nights, I have wanted to ask you again "Don't leave"

Every time I try, I get tongue tied

I could not bear such grief

All seemed lost all over again, so I gave it another go, and tried