Not a Love Poem

I love things you do
Things you say
How that smile can
Take my breath away

But I don't love you
Not in that way
I need to tell you
So that you'll stay

I need to tell you
It's not like that
So you'll know
And that'll be that

But you don't listen
Don't accept
This is my choice
And my promise kept

I said no once
You didn't know
You gave it time
Hoping it'd grow

Sadness I saw
On your beautiful face
From my memory
Is never erased

I'm sorry I hurt you
I can say it again
But I cannot undo
What I did back then