The Day You Left

The day you left I thought you knew,
How much I was going to miss you.
Now I am writing to let you know,
Why my love for you I can not show.
Our backgrounds for a start,
Are totally different, worlds apart.
My family is religious, yours is not,
Things you've done my family hasn't forgot.
We met when I was only thirteen,
Five years later it's amazing you're still on the scene.
Two years ago you had finally agreed,
Friends is all we'd ever be.
Graduation came and we parted ways,
We've kept in touch through various ways.
Then just the other day,
You called me with something to say.
Out of the blue you had to confess,
Your love just wasn't willing to pass.
Now I don't know what to do,
Because I think I might love you.
For years I've tried to deny,
What I think I feel inside.
It's getting hard to keep up the charade,
Thinking of how my parents would go on a tirade.
Our relationship was doomed from the start,
I'm truly sorry if I've broken your heart.
And I'll understand,
If we never talk again.
But I really think it's all for the best,
No matter how much my heart hurts in my chest.