"Couldn't … can't"

@Uootem

couldn't figure out how I should tell you
i'd rehearse it over and over in my head
i knew the moment I saw you again
that my love for you is stronger than ever
But you didn't share the emotion.

i'd tried to say it many times
with each passing meeting we have had over the years
i couldn't seem to find the words
now that its too late, yet it still seems so simple
So here it goes, again words spill:

i was then and am now in love with you…
have been all along... nothing has changed with time
didn't plan it,  it just happened when I wasn't looking
and with every year, this love grows deeper.

i loved walking next to you… moments shared
it felt so right hand in hand… fingers fitting so well
my life complete in your arms… warmth of love
you always knew what to do… to set my heart on edge.
but that's all in the long ago past.

thank you for coming into my life
if you hadn't, i don't know what i'd would be doing
you wouldn't be everything to me
and it's you that I long to give my love to

but can't.