Memory

Pictures in albums,

But I cannot hear your voice.

I so want to be mad at you,

Though I know you had no choice.

The memories plague me

As I lay here on my bed,

Of all the things I never did,

The things I never said.

I never said "I love you"

And, of course, it's too late now.

If I could do it all again

I'd win your love somehow.

I am truly sorry

For the memories we missed-

The love we never made,

The kisses never kissed.

Shawn, if you were here today

I'd open my heart wide,

But someone's turned the lights out-

And your love I've been denied.

I am truly sorry

For the memories unmade

For the hurts I heaped up on you

And the life too early stayed.

Juliet O'Hara