Ruth Gordon - I Should Have Told Him

His words cut through the war in my head
Telling me, I’d be loved, to go back to bed

I should have told him then
I should have told him then

You can only be saved once, he whispered
I let him decide and he lingered

I should have told him then
I should have told him then

All my hopes were broken
But he healed them with words he’d spoken

I should have told him:
That I wasn’t about to fade
Because you had already had me saved

I should have told him:
You are still here though,
I am waiting for the final blow

I should have told him:
That now I sit and wait
Hoping not to speed up fate

I should have told him:
I must thank you for being there
for reminding me of breathing air

I should have told him:
I wonder if you know
That I love you so

I should have told him:
You will always be at least my friend
Whom I pray for, and my love I send

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But now it is too late for that,
For not even his pretty cat,
Can see the man that we adore,
As he is not the same anymore.

Ruth Gordon

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