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The Love That Never Noticed
<p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you said I was “just a friend,”</p><p>A passing comfort you could borrow for a while.</p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you brushed off the way my hands would shake</p><p>Each time you stood too close to smile.</p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you laughed at the idea</p><p>That someone like me could ever be your desire.</p><p><br/></p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you spoke so easily of others</p><p>While my heart sank further into the fire.</p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you told me your dreams</p><p>Filled with everyone’s name but mine.</p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you let me listen to your heart</p><p>Yet never once let me close to your mind.</p><p><br/></p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you said you’d never noticed</p><p>The way I loved you quietly from afar.</p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you thanked me for “always being there,”</p><p>As if devotion were some casual thing.</p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you described another’s touch</p><p>As the warmth that made your soul sing.</p><p><br/></p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you leaned on me for comfort</p><p>But left me empty the moment you felt whole.</p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you claimed love had never found you</p><p>While mine was burning, uncontrolled.</p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it</p><p>When you called me your “almost,”</p><p>Smiling as though it didn’t tear me apart.</p><p><br/></p><p>I hope you didn’t mean it,</p><p>All the words that kept me hoping</p><p>For a place I never had in your heart.</p>
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