Driftwood

So many missed opportunities

So many times I let things slip by

Gave up without putting up a fight

So many regrets

I look back and think what could have been

But I was at the back of the queue

When the bravery was handed out

So I’ve never gone out on a limb

Never taken any risks

And thought to hell with the consequences

Talking of regrets

You are my biggest regret of all

I’ve never told you how I feel about you

If only I could summon up a bit of courage

Just enough to tell you that you mean the world to me

Tell you that am in love with you

The words are right there on the tip of my tongue

But I always swallow them back down

And end up choking on the lump in my throat

I want to write you a love song

I want to open up my heart

And let the emotions bleed out

I want to taste the sweet instead of the bitter

We’ve talked into the early hours

Between us we’ve tried to put the world to rights

I’ve cried in all the right places

I’ve listened when you needed me too

You own my dreams

You feature in almost every one

I picture us on a wild adventure

I picture us on white horses

Galloping over wet sands

I picture us kissing in tropical locations

But when I awake the dream bubble always bursts

You have given me so many shattered dreams

I’m lost in a sea of emotion

I’m gasping for air, I can’t breath

I’m like a cat in a cage in a circus

Trapped, just going around in circles

Trying to break free

Never able to find the right gear to move forwards

You are all that I need

All of my fantasies would become reality

If I had you in my life

But I let you pass me by like driftwood

I just stood by and watched as you floated away down stream

You are on my mind every minute of every day

But I know that you will never be

A part of my life

And I have had to learn to live with that

So just like driftwood it’s me that keeps floating

With no idea where I’m going

And although our path’s continue to cross

Although we get to spend time together

You may as well be in another galaxy

You are like a delicate breeze that passes me by

I can feel you but I can’t touch you

And all I want to do is to kiss your lips

And all I want to do is hold you close to me

I want to be able to show you how much you mean to me

But still I can’t get the words out

You may never be my destiny

But you will forever be my beautiful fantasy.