A Love Worth Giving

I loved you in ways I can’t explain
A love so imperfect, deep and unfeigned
We started our journey hand in hand
Together we traveled free of demand

Soon lost our way, a sad undoing
The road came apart, bumpy and ruined
We struggled, we fought, we lost our way
Our life fell apart, each day after day

My heart came undone, bruised and broken
You couldn’t go on, your heart filled with pain
Nothing could save us, a love so doomed
You couldn’t go on, the pain now consumed

I’d give you my heart, for one more chance
I’d give you my love, for all time again
My love you deserve peace and safety
A place filled with love deep in certainty

I’d give you all this, more if you need
I’d take all the pain so you can be free
Just tell me the words, say forever
I’d walk anywhere, stray from you never

We need a new start, I’d clean the slate
A bond we’d rebuild full and intimate
You deserve a love, loyal and true
You deserve the world, the universe too

Oh love how I long for newness of life
With you by my side your eyes filled with light
I cannot explain how my heart swells
I’m not over you, I’m under your spell

I’ll give you my heart, please come back
I beg you be here, our love shall not lack
A life we can make without hatred
Our hearts be as one, our love so sacred

© Alan Zaugg 2022

Come Back My Dear

Look at us, where we have come
This place we're in, we've come undone
Broken hearts, we've suffered much
The distance grows, we've lost love's touch 

Let us start, begin anew
Rebuild ourselves, each other too
I love me and you love you
Perhaps apart we'll find our truth

I can be the man I should
In time I'll grow, I can be good
Let me show my heart to you
I promise you my love is true

We are far from where we've been
I hope for love to come again
Please don't stray too far from here
I beg you please come back my dear

© Alan Zaugg 2022

Apologies

This goes out to people who’ve stood by me on my journey

I offer you apologies
To make up for my faults
I often get inside of me
I can’t escape my thoughts

She’s been a part of my long life
A connection to my heart
And now it’s all a mount of strife
My soul so torn apart

While in my mind a dreary world
So easy to forget
The people right in front of me
So many I have met

You are just one of many who
Have loved me endlessly
“Never giving up,” says you
You choose to stay with me

And so I do apologize
To you and many more
For looking through my cloudy eyes
As if I so ignore

I’ve written poems of these things
About my broken heart
Instead I should be focusing
On words you do impart

Refusing to let go of things
I’m struggling to move on
But now I must admit I see
I’m ready to move on

You’ve come to mean a lot to me
You stay right by my side
I’ve let your words fall silently
Down by the lost wayside

And so I say “I’m sorry” for
Forgetting who you’ve been
A part of me I’m thankful for
Please know that you are seen

© Alan Zaugg 2022