Eliza's Lament - A Poem

 

ELIZA’S LAMENT

I would have been magnificent with you.

Not dull, like I am. I would have been

Fearless, indomitable, happy -

Not sad, miserable, lost, weak,

Like I am here, with them.

You bring out the best in me,

Not the worst, like they do.

You make me sing, they keep me silent.

You give me wings, they weigh me down.

You renew me, they make me feel old.

You say no one should have regrets.

But I do, and they all revolve around you.

What I could have been, and what I am,

Are so far apart, and it's too late,

Much too late, to change it.

All I could have been - is gone.

All I am is nothing - without you.