I can, could, but I wouldn't

Some can and could
while others can't and couldn't

Some will and would
while others will but wouldn't

Some shall and should
while others shan't and shouldn't

The decision to go either way
strongly depends on the repercussion

Though the words couldn't, wouldn't shouldn't
all sound very negative,

They are words that can save a situation,
the user and the receiver.

I say I can, I could, I shall, I will, I would.
I say I can't I won't, I shan't and I shouldn't

when I know that the out come will
be positive to those around.

For it is not I before others.

Torn

It has been a long time coming
a very long time coming.
I knew the day would come
When I would have to see you again.

I feel safe like I did years ago,
I feel warm like I did years ago
I have fond memories
and some still make me smile.

But seeing you and touching you
was ohhhh and ahhhhh.
I wish you could come with me,
I wish I could stay.

I hate saying good bye cos it always hurt
and I feel like that young girl again on my way to
boarding school and hugging the shirt you once wore
so I could still smell your cologne.

Only this time I have no shirt
just the smell of you on my pillow
and thoughts of you and a mini us.
Thoughts I say .....thoughts

I'm caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
For I have known you for a quarter of a century
Should I say yes and damn the consequences
Or should I say no and send you home

For you have a family of your own
I'd rather hurt me than hurt the three.
I'll heal I know ......I believe in
reaping what you sow.