I can't pretend to love you.

 You appeared one day
 into my sullen life
 and blossomed.
 You cherished and fulfilled.
 You completed and restored.
 I needed you then,

 but I can't pretend to love you.

 Your soft voice is still tonight.
 Perhaps you are wondering
 who we were.	
 Did you mistake the flush of passion 
 for the dreams you once had?
 Don't love me,

 for I can't pretend to love you.