Rejection's Temptation

Well there she was, the girl I loved, With no one at her side. She smiled and waived as I approached, In shock, I then replied. She said, 'I'm waiting here for you; This is to be your day. ' I said, 'what has become of us For us to meet this way? ' She said she really did not know Or care to think at all. As she had come to answer true Her final conscience call. I said I thought she would object To being seen with me. She said, 'Oh no, it's not that way, Here's where I want to be.' 'Oh sure, ' I said, 'So you may say, Am I to hear such lies? I wished it so for oh so long, I can't believe my eyes.' 'I guess I understand, ' she said, As she began to cry. 'I'm learning now the pain of love When there is no reply.' I said, 'I'm sorry for your pain, I've felt it once before.' She said she'd hoped to be with me This day and evermore. I said, 'I shall not turn away, Though tempting it would be. To have you feel the pain I've known Would bring no joy to me.' 'I hear, ' she said, ' your soothing words, I feel much better now. It seems that since you want me still, My pain is gone somehow.' 'I know, ' I said, ' It's only there When lovers close their heart To those they know who want them so, To keep them far apart.' 'I could not have you feel the pain That I have felt so much. Though I believe we all should know Rejection's savage clutch.' Then she placed her hand in mine, I wiped her tears away, She said she'd give what love remained To me, on this, my day. I can't explain what came to be Or was that time with her, A story such as this, when told, Has endings we defer. But this I know as pain and love Are felt both near and far. Rejection tempts its own base deeds, No matter who you are.