How do I love thee? ... Not much

I loved you because my lonely heart had shattered 

From all the loss it was broken and tattered

Your love felt like the perfect mend 

If what I only know now I was aware of then

But you smiled and wooed

And with your kind gestures you fooled

So I loved like I do 

Yet never truly loved you

I loved what you promised but never delivered

I loved all the sparks that quickly fizzled

But I stayed because I wanted a hand to hold

So I turned off my thoughts and pulled on the blindfold 

Sometimes I would dream of a love so true

Then mourned when I awoke for I could never have that with you

For you cannot cage a wild thing

And I regret ever letting you clip my wings

I realized I don't need to find my way again

I knew it all along just like an old friend 

Though the road less traveled may seem long
A loving heart is never lonely for long ;)