I still care

I think I'll build a monument of wishes

In the place that we did stand

And adorn it with relishes 

For the time we walked hand in hand.

I've done a lot of soul-searching

And my love for you is profound

And the last time I kissed you

I'll frame it and have it bound.

The last time you whispered sweet nothings

I will bake and I will eat

Unto a mountain of treats

I'll stuff it in till we meet.

Not loving you is unthinkable,

Not having you in my life means hell

And moving on from you ain't easy

I think that you can tell.

But the days they get easier

Unless I sleep worrying about you

All your jokes that were cheesier

I gulp down with tears a pint or two.

I'm not writing this poem to bug you,

I don't want to bind you or make you compromise,

Believe me I've set you free

As the winds of change blow this side.

I will never want you to choose me

Come what may in heaven's name

Because the true choice is happiness

Because life is not a game.

Giving you up is a sacrifice

That I have accepted I must do

Even if it puts me in a ring of fire

May be we are better of being two.

Come fame or disgrace, 

Come joys or pain

I hope you will remember me as one who loved you,

A girl who gave you up and lost the reign.

And the truth is I'll never stop loving you,

May be I'll never stop hurting or crying,

I'll never forget you, I'll remember your musty fragrance

As one born to give you up and kill her pride.

I am most humbled by you, most enamoured

And I've understood that I must move away

To let you soar higher and higher

But I have one plea from you, one prayer

As my friend stay,

Remain,

Don't depart

Because I still care.