Like the Ringing of a Bell

Older and older I grow
And still, my heart clings so
The daily ache
It’s never simple to take

A constant question in mind
The answer I cannot find
Did you care for me?
Was my love easy to see?

It has been years
Yet I retain tears
Was our chance missed?
My lips yours should have kissed?

Did we miss it?
Our feelings shrouded with a mitt?
Should I have told you?
My soul telling what it wanted to

Fear grips me in a vice
I beg for some advice
Am I still within your hold?
Even though you weren’t told?

Will I be able to move on?
Let this pass into the dawn?
Will I be able to love again?
Or shall I swear off men?

Only time will tell
Like the ringing of a bell.

22.3.2008