...that I wrote in 1999... yet, it seems to practically fit what I am feeling now.

<strong>"How Can"</strong>

How can you look
At the one you love and smile,
When you know
They are in love with another.

How can you stop
Loving that special one,
Even though you know
They aren't in love with you.

How can you have
Faith that there is someone for you,
When that one you long for
Longs for someone else?

How can it be
That love can be so cruel,
When it knows
How bad it can hurt you.

How can you hold
Down your emotions,
When you know
You want to lay down and cry.

How can you move on
And begin to smile at them again,
When you know how much
Deep down inside you are hurting.