WE PASSED IT BY

We never took the risk...
We did not know,
All these things equal love.
What is love?

Being able to open
our feelings to one another
knowing we will not judge...
We passed it by...

We can be miles apart,
Yet feeling we are in the same room,
Side by side, smiling,
Laughing, holding, touching,
We passed it by.

We can disagree, yet
Still care about the others feelings,
Never wanting to hurt the other
We passed it by.

We can laugh,
Feeling each others happiness,
Bring happiness to our hearts,
We passed it by.

We can be apart,
Knowing that others
are interested in us,
Yet we have no interest
In them that way,
We passed it by.

We waited too long,
To find out that this is love...
We passed it by.

Not paying attention
to our inner feelings,
We never took the risk,
Because of past risk
that caused pain and hurt,
We passed it by.

We never found out
How good we were for each other,
So now we're left alone,
Wondering..what we lost,
What we passed by.

Poem: ©Connie Fredlund