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"Clytie"
Lord Frederick Leighton

"I Didn't Mean To"

My heart is wrenching in pain
Knowing that wishing for you 
is but insane.

Still, my heart kept on wishing
... but wishing in vain.

I have searched high, 
And I've searched deep and low.
"But the more I discover 
the more I do not know."

I pondered my thoughts 
to unravel this mystery,
I just got frustrated 
and it adds more to my misery.

I then tried to reason myself out
But it persisted all the more 
and I'm losing the bout.

Now, my soul is agonizing,
My spirit is but grieving,
But this feelings I have for you
Remained, unrelenting
Even though that such is but 
...forbidden!

So, this wishings of mine,
so vain, I must but rend.
Find a way somehow 
for these feelings to end.

But please forgive me 
if I have fallen for you
It wasn't my intention 
and I didn't mean to.

Poem Copyright © 1999 by Vic Manzanal
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