Catch And Release
I should have loved you back, or at the very least understood
But I was a man with too many options, and bound to overlook the good
By the time I'd separated imagination from reality, the reality was it was too late
I knew then how deeply that I'd hurt you, and that you were my real soul mate
We saw each other briefly, but too much time had passed away
And I wish that I could turn back time, and go back to yesterday.
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Posted: Dec 2017
About this poem:
The man, or woman, of your dreams isn't always easily recognized.
Hidden behind our own visual, and often peripheral subconscious,
in fact our matings, unlike most all other species is predicated more
on visual perception more than any other sense.
This poem tells about a man in this case, who was made aware that
a woman was in love with him, but because he had other admirers
he opts to choose another option that proves very quickly to have been
a mistake. In retrospect he realizes that the woman whose love he rejected
is one he could have been happy with, and given time come to reciprocate
her love.
Comments (2)
One shouldn´t live with regrets, but only move forward without thinking "what if..."?
Yes, it´s true, we have options - but also have "free will". It´s also true that we tend to go for the unreachable, without realising that some of the nicest things in life might be right there on our door step.
Life is a continuous teaching and we are given many tests along the way....