Let it burn

NO, I AM NOT SURE HOW I WILL DO IT

OR EVEN HOW I AM GOING TO SAY IT

I AM NOT SURE IF WE CAN EVER SAVE THIS

I AM SORRY YOU NO LONGER WANT TO BE US 

I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE VERY EASY

FOR ME TO SIT BACK AND WATCH YOU SLIP AWAY

YOU SHOULD KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY

THAT YOU WERE THE BEST THING THAT

HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME

BUT I AM THE LIT MATCH TO YOUR GASOLINE

YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHINGS JUST

ARE NOT MEANT TO BE

SO, I GOT TO  LIGHT IT LET IT BURN

I HAVE TO LET IT STING

I GOT TO LET YOU GO

I NEED TO LET YOU BE

LET IT BRING ME DOWN TO MY KNEES

I NEED TO LET YOU FLY SET YOU FREE

LET IT ALL GO UP IN FLAMES ALONG WITH

MY WHOLE LIFE AND ALL MY DREAMS

LET YOU FIND SOMEONE YOU DESERVE

I HAVE TO LET IT STING I GOT TO LET IT HURT

I AM GOING TO WATCH THE FIRE GROW LET IT BURN

THE ONE THING THAT HURTS THE MOST

IS OUR FRIENDSHIP THAT’S GOT TO GO

I CAN FEEL IT DEEP DOWN IN MY SOUL

YOU WERE THE DREAMS I DREAMED AT NIGHT

A ONCE UPON A TIME THAT ENDED RIGHT

THE LAST FALLING STAR THAT CAME TO SIGHT

BUT I NEED TO FINALLY SAY GOODBYE

ERASE ALL THE MEMORIES FROM MY MIND

THEN WIPE AWAY ALL THESE TEARS THAT

ARE FALLING FROM MY EYES

TURN AWAY NEVER LOOKING BACK

LET IT GO AND LEAVE IT IN THE PAST

CLOSE MY EYES AND GO TO SLEEP

WAKE UP TOMORROW TO A BRAND-NEW DAY

BRUSH MYSELF OFF GET BACK UP ON MY FEET

WHICH I KNOW WILL NOT BE AN EASY FEAT

LOOK UP TO GOD WHO WILL GIVE ME HOPE 

AND STRENGTH TO MOVE ON IN THIS TIME OF NEED

BESIDES, I HAVE A LITTLE BOY WHO NEEDS ME

FOR HIM THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAS CHANGED

I WILL FAKE A SMILE LAUGH AT ALL HIS JOKES

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ONE DAY I WILL FIND LOVE

OR MAYBE LOVE WILL FIND ME.

Poet Richard M Knittle Jr

A Poet's Journey