I might have done it
Because you wanted to
because you asked
I could have done it
if I shut my eyes
thought of how it was
before we started this.
We might have made it
in the future conditional
of parallel lives,
where we sail forever
under the green flash
of Caribbean skies
We could still do it,
& I did try
but first I pushed
you to the limit,
didn’t see why
you shouldn’t pay the price
for your indecision
your little white lies
that made it all seem alright
(in your head) .
I asked for all or nothing
(which really wasn’t wise)
when I began to understand
that no love lies in shadows
under these sup eternal skies
with the full moon blinding us.