Keep Me In Your Heart

The New Englander texted me this morning about this song making him feel emotional:

Shadows are falling and I'm running out of breath
Keep me in your heart for awhile

If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less
Keep me in your heart for awhile

When you get up in the morning and you see that crazy sun
Keep me in your heart for awhile

There's a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-li-li-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-li-li-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sometimes when you're doing simple things
around the house
Maybe you'll think of me and smile

You know I'm tied to you like the buttons on
your blouse
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Hold me in your thoughts, take me to your dreams
Touch me as I fall into view
When the winter comes keep the fires lit
And I will be right next to you

Engine driver's headed north to Pleasant Stream
Keep me in your heart for awhile

These wheels keep turning but they're running out
of steam
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-li-li-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-li-li-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Keep me in your heart for awhile

I get that. It's a sad one, especially facing up to this breakup.

And I will keep him in my heart, but not like I did during the last breakup. The last time, I felt convinced that he would find his way back to me, and that we would ride off into the sunset together.

One out of two ain't bad?

I know I make light of this situation at times and I know it makes some people around me uncomfortable, but I have to do what I can to get through this period where we're broken up but we still live together. It's really fucking hard. There are lots of reasons why I, we, thought it was a good idea, but that doesn't make it any easier.

So this time, I will keep him in my heart in that I will always love the human being that he is.

To do so, I will move him out of the spot in my heart that's reserved for the love of my life (whom I'm now pretty convinced I haven't yet met) and into the favorite people on the planet section.

It hurts, but I can do it. I know I can. The process has already begun...