I Hear your Tears through the Years

I could hear your tears

Over the phone 500 miles away

I could see only sadness

When I said

I don't love you anymore

Our future is in the past

I still hear your tears

After all these years 

That was the final goodbye

The last breakup has lasted

You know I tried for a long time

Distance made us grow distant

Pride made us both stubborn

Breaking your heart broke my heart

I cried too when we hung up

For two years I gave you my life

We lived together in a love bubble 

In your apartment & then mine 

Can you hear me now

Choking on tears of regret?

I haven't gotten over you

I lied when I said

I don't love you anymore

How many of these poems

Have I written to you

On the down low?

How many tears can you hear

In my literary voice?

Tears of regret I can't forget you

I don't want to

Thanks for the love you send me

Now 500 light years away 

I can hear you choke on tears

When I said

I don't love you anymore

Can you hear my tears of regret?

For lying to you

It broke my heart too

I thought I was protecting you 

Tonight I can hear your tears

Like I just hung up the phone

Did you get the postcard

I sent a few years later?

I felt bad for making you cry 

Can you feel my tears?

Wherever you are

I still hear your tears on the phone 

Through time & distance 

It broke my heart when I lied & said 

I don't love you

Because you know I truly do

I wish I could hold you again

For a moment 

And dry your eyes with a kiss

My new boyfriend would be jealous

Rightly & Proudly so

He benefits from the lessons

I learned with you

Still I can hear your tears

After all these years 

Do you forgive me?

For breaking your heart

Wherever you are

Can you hear my heartache tonight?