Adieu Poem by Cris Ben

Now I can just remember when you said you love me before
No matter how you try to say you still do
it has been long gone my love
gone for a while even before I finally realized.
My dear we promised we would be honest to each other
Say even the words we hate or fear to hear.
But why do you keep saying you love me only when i ask?
I know words mean bare and nothing to you
It is the actions that you care about.
My love the coldness in your eyes every time you look at me
makes me want to sneeze and that bland voice out of your mouth
has become like any other sounds that two empty bottles can make,
and what is the force you are wearing that repels anything i do and give back to my clueless stupid self?
They aren't just my imagination and paranoia right?
I should have learned sooner that my lips you used to kiss, the eyes that once captivated you, the embrace that you would tuck yourself into
are all long gone-not needed, unwanted, unloved.
Honey, I never stopped loving you until it finally did
when it found itself no longer trapped in this maze you made to hide the bitter truth
finally free from this madness of love unrequited.
Love, I am helping you now to not feel sorry nor burden yourself with guilt.
This I offer you, my acceptance...
Now, I give both of us our freedom...
Let's both be free again to set sail on a voyage fora new love.
Adieu, my love, goodbye...