A Lighter Shade of Blue





The alarm clock does its thing as I lay in bed.

Awakening old memories that live inside my head.

She was my heart’s desire, the center of my life.

Said she was excited to one day be my wife.



Then she dropped a bombshell, said that we were done.

She had found another; was sure he was the one.

My mind in disarray, how could this be true?

Life once filled with sunshine, was now the darkest blue.



Months have come and gone, I've struggled through each day,

trying to understand why she went away.

I gave her all my love, my time and energy.

So, someone tell me why she turned her back on me.



I've done a lot of searching, deep within my soul.

Will I ever find a way to fill that hole?

Slowly I will heal, inside I hear me say,

One day she’ll realize I'm the one who got away.



Should she ever come back to rekindle an old flame,

I'll remind her of her choice, I won't share the blame.

She was my one and only, the one I did adore.

Thinking back upon those days, I couldn’t give her more.



Though I have been wounded and the pain is real,

living in the past won’t allow my heart to heal.

As I face another day, look at life anew,

with each breath I take, I feel a lighter shade of blue.