The Day You Said "I'm Sorry"

You walked up to me at the end of the day
Saw my expression and couldn't turn away
For what you saw in my eyes that night
Was unmistakeably fright

But I looked the other way
My pain settling in every part of me
And at that moment I couldn't believe
You to be the one to break me

So I settled down on the cold floor
Letting you take the spot against the wall
And into me you carefully leaned
As if your presence would shatter me

So many things we needed to say
But neither of us spoke
Afraid that the words we would state
Would just make it all worse

You took my hand into yours then
Entangling your fingers through mine
I took a deep breath slowly
But then I started to cry

Tears of pearls rolling off my eyes
And a soft sound of my tired whimper
You just stared at me for a while
But I could not even look at you

You turned to me then, ever so slowly
And gently came out the words
That broke the silence between us
"I'm so sorry" you whispered

And it broke me into a million little pieces
Like pottery shattering on the ground
And I felt myself falling apart
So hard I couldn't make a sound

It was a struggle just to breathe
I knew inside I was dying
Like a tiny tender butterfly
Who could never spread its wings

We said nothing else for the night
You simply walked me home
And held me while I cried
And then just like that you were gone

So many things still left unsaid
Just laying in the spaces between us
And I think I lost my soul that night
The moment you let go of me

I lay alone in bed till dawn
But every time I closed my small blue eyes
All I could see was your face
And the whisper of your voice "I'm sorry'

Every moment that would pass by
A little more inside me I would die
And with ever flowing tear I cry
I would miss you that much more

Outside the snow fell and the wind blew
The pure darkness surrounded me
And I felt insignificantly small inside
Without you by my side

That day that passed so long ago
Was the very day I lost my way
Cause that was the day I knew
I would have to say goodbye to you