the last

Tonight,
I will let this all go
I will leave you behind
And go on on my own
I will raise my head
Right to the sky
And I will smile on the past
As I live now my own life

I will no longer feel regret
We shared some priceless times
And things I will never forget
I will throw away the anger
And I will detest the pain
I will be a man forever
And I will live right through the rain

I feel no ill will
You did as you were meant to do
I didn't see it at the time
But it was always best for you
All I wanted was to make you happy
And I see that now I have
Since I've been gone, you've smiled
And that's all I have ever asked

No longer will I speak of you in slander
Even the brightest love fades to gray
We were two young lovers who's love failed
On that cloudy, rainy day
I didn't grasp what it truly meant
To love and to let go
But as of now, all of that has changed

You were the best thing to happen to me
And the worst in many ways as well
But without what we went through
I wouldn't be this brand new me
You taught me how to love
You taught me how to cry
You taught me how to believe
And how to live a brand new life

I hold our memories so close
They mean the most to me
I was a sonnet, you were a rose
And that is how I will remember you
I won't remember all our little fights
All of our little spats
You are happy now and that is all I asked

I will always love you
And I will always miss you most
I will cherish what I had with you
And that love will live as I, it's host
Go on, my love, and have a happy life
You have made my world worth exploring
And you have made it worth all of this strife

One last thing, before I go
Never lose your beautiful smile
Never lose your love to live
I want to say, now I can forgive
And lay this memory to eternal rest
And though I may cry, it's not with pain
It's with the knowledge of knowing
Our love was not in vain

Goodbye, my love...
And I forgive you...