Sad/Glad

Stay
Please do
I used to be sad
But now I wish you well
And I am glad
Sad? Maybe I still am
We're sitting by the rain
We know we've got each other
On our minds
But you're too proud
And I'm too hurt
So I'm sad/glad that you are going
Away, away
We have another month or so
For me to build that bridge
You burnt so long ago
This time
You're helping me with it
Sad/glad that you are
A new beginning for the both of us
With a backdoor bridge to the past
So rickety you can only stare
At each other from afar
Sad/glad in a way
For you are both
My saviour and my sin
My salve and my teardrop
Sure we can still write
To each other
But words can never replace
Comfortable silence
Shared so often
Next to the rain
And now all we could do
Is wave across that bridge
I can't see your smile
So what's the point?
Sad/glad for the pain
That I would bleed a million poems for you
And yet not have you read
Or have you to know.

I'll be counting the days
I hope you are too
I'll be rehearsing my goodbye lines
I've been through it many times
It always comes out different
Hard…is it?
Sad/glad it is so…
And when you step in
I hope you'll pop back out
For one last smile
One last goodbye
And I'll be by the field
Your plane roaring above
I hope you're looking
Cause I pray that
You'll see me waving
As I lie down
Sunset goodbye
Give myself a smile
One day I'll cross that bridge
And I hope I'll meet you there
Cause I know you'll cross it too
Sad?
No…
Glad.

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