Where Did You Go? (I've Forgiven You)

For the "Lost Love" Competition

it’s taken years now
to understand us
you were my first love
and you were complicated
i’ve questioned it all
was it real or fantasy
did you ever like me
in my tangled destiny

too much alcohol
fueled the lies
too much drugs
severed the ties

all the time i invested
the distance grew
couldn’t piece it together
where did you go
the woman i met
gave my heart to
turned her back on me
where did you go

when i try to remember
think of all that was
your charm, your touch
the way you smiled
it’s all washed away
by the anger and hurt
words like daggers
thorns in my soul

too much alcohol
fueled the lies
too much drugs
severed the ties

all the time i invested
the distance grew
couldn’t piece it together
where did you go
the woman i met
gave my heart to
turned her back on me
where did you go

i’m finally happy now
in the relationship
my heart longed for
wife and kids
threw my anger down
moved on with life
blessed in what i have
all but forgotten you

too much alcohol
fueled the lies
too much drugs
severed the ties

all the time i invested
the distance grew
couldn’t piece it together
where did you go
the woman i met
gave my heart to
turned her back on me
where did you go

as valentines day
draws near
i can finally utter
those words
that have eluded me
i’ve forgiven you..