My Love Poem by Richard Lam

I wanted you to be mine.
I wanted you to know that you were my sunshine.
My friends told me you were more like a landmine.
I didn't care.
I didn't mind.
Your voice, your smile,
They would make everything suddenly seem fine.
Like a fool I kept waiting, hoping that slowly what you'd find
Your way to me.
I was too blind to even realize
You were never going to be mine.
You chose to be anybody's sunshine but mine.
You were always like a star so bright
And also so high.
I tried to move on, run away, or simply hide
So the pain would go away
And the tears would dry.
But time and again I found myself
Coming back to you and that's when
It felt like I was about to die.