Maybe

You tell me to believe

“Believe in what!?,” I think

but I smile at you anyways

and kiss your lips as filled with love as I can

the kind of kiss that only happens

when you know it might be the last.

You tell me to trust you

“trust you to do what!?,” I think

but I smile at you anyway

pretend I believe that you will stay this time

but in my mind

I am already watching you leave. 

I know how this will end:

with my broken heart 

and you with power

but I gamble anyway.

With hope in my heart that

maybe it will be different this time.

Maybe you will stay.

Maybe fate has dealt a new hand.

I watch the past repeat itself over and over again.

but still I think...

maybe.