I loved you in ways you'll never know,
In silent prayers I didn't show.
I held your name like fragile glass,
Afraid one truth would never last.
You spoke of dreams that weren't with me,
I smiled back, pretended I was free.
Each laugh of yours, a hidden ache,
Each "we're just friends" my heart would break.
I stayed when leaving was the cure,
Chose pain that felt familiar, pure.
I watched you love from far away,
And taught my tears to quietly stay.
One-sided love has no goodbye,
It only learns to softly die.
Yet even now, if love had a face—
It would still look just like yours, always.