I am sorry that I let you go.
\nI was young and didn’t know.
\nThat the way you loved was free and rare.
\nI loved you back but couldn’t dare
\nto face the scorn and ridicule
\nthe kids at school can be so cruel.<\/p>\n
And we were both just kids ourselves,
\nstill figuring out our lives.<\/p>\n
Now my life is blank with loss
\nI wonder what this denial cost me.
\nI wonder if there’s any chance
\nthat we could try once more with our romance.<\/p>\n
Or if you’ve found your heart’s content
\ninstead of living in regret.<\/p>\n
Whichever way, I hope you know
\nI did love you deeply.
\nI just couldn’t show you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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