Sunlit Path

I used to think that my life was made
The day I met you. I thought you were
The reason I was born in this world.
I thought I was born to love just you.

But you were never mine, but I was
Devoted to you, heart, mind, and soul.
Even if friendship was all we had,
So far, you had been my greatest love.

Now I know better. You’re really not
The person I will spend my life with.
You’ve taken that path with someone else;
I’ve yet to find my own wedding bells.

Or maybe there won’t be a wedding,
But we’ll be together forever.
When I meet them, it will be better – 
It will be at the right place and time.

It will be beautiful, it will be
Perfect. Like two halves of a whole, joined
As we have always been meant to be.
We’ll come full circle, truly complete.

And it won’t matter that you’re not there.
We walk separate paths, after all.
You will be completing yours, while I
Still have the best years in my future.

But I’m glad to have crossed paths with you.
If I learned anything from our time,
It’s to love unconditionally,
Though it hurt, I was truly happy. 

Now I look forward to love, bravely.
There’s fear in my eyes, but hope inside.
And I know better this time around.
There is someone out there just for me.