almost

you knew the answer to the question
before you even asked it
yet you asked anyway
with a look in your eyes
that i had never seen before
a look that made
my heart break for you
and for what could have been...
should have been...
for what was...
*sigh*
it wasn't so long ago
that i laid it out for you
waited for you
hoped for you
it was all yours
you let the moment pass
and with it you let me slip away
and now here we are
forced to let go of the almost...