Thank you for your time, I forgive you.

Thank you for your time, I forgive you- By Autumn Purvis

The pain lasted for a long time.

The damage you caused may never go away.

The words you said may never fade.

Because of this you simply just could not stay.

The pain lasted for a long while. 

I spent countless nights crying over the things you did.

I spent even more trying to forget your smile. 

You made it pretty easy by the way you hid.

I see the way you look at me when I pass in the hall

And I hear the things you say to your friends.

Yet despite it all, you still have this look in your eyes and it is what first made me fall.

Fall so far into the trap of who you are.

I know deep down you are the person I got to know

But the person I got to know now feels so far

I miss who I used to see in you, I could see your soul glow.

If I were to speak to you one last time,

The words I would say may be a surprise

But I know I wont speak to you anytime soon, it would feel like a crime.

If I were to speak my final words to you, I would say thank you for your time.

Thank you for being the person I got to know even if it was brief and full of hurt.

I would tell you about how you always made me feel devine.

I would tell you how seeing you in public no longer makes me inert.

I would ask if you still look at me with love.

I'd need to know that you did not see me as cruel.

I would like to let you know that I have moved on. I got the final shove. 

The last thing I would ask of you is for just one last hug.

I would feel silly and wrong but you would know part of me needs it.

And I know you would do it because you know how deep of a hole you have dug.

The hug would last a while, you would let me hold you for a bit. 

And after all the pain you caused and all the tears I shed

I would still find it in me to forgive you 

Even if the only place I could do it is in my own head.