When Worlds Collide by Mike Williams 06/19/2015 @ 9:10 A.M.

I said that I love you, 
You said you did not care. 
And holding out my own heart, 
You dashed it then and there. 

I thought perhaps you needed me, 
Far more than you ever knew. 
But in your ill moments condition, 
Your words sliced their way through. 

I wanted to be loved for myself, 
And by that very merit alone. 
Knowing that love is not selfish, 
I found strength to carry on. 

As life is not always kind, 
Nor is it often most fair. 
I decided to love you anyway, 
Though you had none to share. 

The world around you a tempest, 
I soon became your inner calm. 
All the while in loving you, 
I discovered my own aplomb. 

Looking back at it all now, 
So much the more you'd chide. 
Growing day by day in love, 
Despite af first when worlds collide.