CAVEAT EMPTOR

Your latest gift of flowers came today,

Accomp'nied by more words of love and pain;

And as I held the card I wished again

That I could find the proper words to say

To heal your wounds and help you on your way;

The proper phrase that would, at last, explain

That what we've lost I care not to regain;

That debts so great that mere flowers cannot pay.

We grew apart, we two; you must have known

That callous word and deed would some day cost.

And now that worlds apart our dreams have flown,

You feel that every means you must exhaust

To lure me back; but now that you're alone,

At least you've learned the worth of what you've lost!

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What would you have me owe you

Who say you've loved me long?

You never gave my spirit wings,

Nor brought my heart a song.

How should I repay you

Who cast my hopes aside?

Your shadow's crept across my soul

'Til dreams have all but died.

Now shall I rekindle

That flame which longs to live.

I owe myself my life, before

There's nothing left to give.

And now, in final payment,

These words you'll find are true;

I owe no debt - You needed me

As ever I needed you.