please let me know today

you know I’d never tell you a lie
but it kills my heart when you say goodbye
although my love is true
I can’t depend on you
to return to me so much as a sigh

I told you everything on my mind
and I could only hope you’d be kind
but your look cut me cold
for being way too bold
and now it seems you left me behind

I’ve been hurt by rejection
from a man of my selection
I looked up to him till he took me down
is my history repeating
or am I only beating
a horse that died before it hit the ground

was a kind word too much to expect
are compliments just something you collect
from women falling for
you as a hoped-for paramour
just tell me now if my heart you’ll reject

I have no way of knowing
if something beautiful is growing
between two distant points still shining bright
I can’t tolerate your silence
it fells me like an act of violence
are you acting that way just to start a fight

there’s not much more for me to say
did you really want it to end this way
I’m so sick of being lonesome
I really love you dear and then some
but my empathy is starting to fray
so if you could please let me know today