You asked me at the airport
if I wanted you to wait with me..
You knew I had a long wait..
and I thought to myself ..
Yes!! Yes!!
but I said no..
Knowing your guilt needed to go..
back home to your family
where you belonged..
back to where your heart was
to right whatever went wrong..
I took bags from your car...
I quickly walked away..
I didn't want you to see my eyes..
and how you broke my heart that day..
Once inside the airport..
I pushed back my tears..
Again the strong independent one..
As always throughout the years..
I sat to the side
watched the time go by..
Praying, hoping, in my mind..
That you would run in to say good bye..
To tell me it was all a mistake..
that you couldn't let me go..
without one more kiss..
and that although we could
never be together..
my love you would miss..
But it never happened..
I remained alone..
Crying in my heart..
as you drove back home.

ERICA