I Wish I Never Told a Lie

I wish I never told a lie,
I begged the truth not to pass it by,
It was a bad decision that I made,
Now I’ll have to take it to my grave.

“I love you” could have been,
The new beginning, not the end,
But my ego got in the way,
I found the words passing from my throat,
They were gone before revoked.

You asked me what I thought of us,
I said, “I didn’t know”,
You said our relationship was “large”,
I said we better take it “slow”.

We best go slow,
We best go slow,
We better crawl, walk, run,
To pull the reins back by some,
It’s best we don’t let our emotions run away.

It would have been the natural thing,
To let my true emotions sing,
To tell you how I really felt,
And try not to edge my bet,
But my love has been frail and failed me over time,
She wanted a full dollar of my love,
And I was only willing to give her a dime.

She’ll walk I know,
It’s the only way for her
To save face today,
She was open and she was kind
And she only wanted peace of mind.
                                                     
But I failed where I have failed before,
When she fully wanted to open it,
I blocked the thick steel door.

We best go slow,
We best go slow,
​We better crawl, walk, run,
To pull the reins back by some,
It’s best that we don’t let our emotions run away.

Now my anger owns the day,
Because I got my foolish way,
I wanted to hold back because I didn’t know,
How I would fail a woman who loved me so,
A woman truly one-of-a-kind,
Who loved me with her heart and mind,
When I was asked to tell the truth.

“I love you truly,” were all the words I should have said,
Not ,“I didn’t know”.
Words that will haunt me till my death-bed.
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When you find the love that is truly yours,
Let it flow from you as the river flows,
From the top of your head to the bottom of your toes,
Let her know what you mean,
In action, words and deeds,
Give your ego a little rest,
And let your love appease.