I Do Not Miss the Time That I Have Lost

[micpschm]

I do not miss the time that I have lost
forever, looking in your playful eyes –
it’s better spent on something worth the cost
of living than to waste, to patronize
my heart with dollar signs. Then, you left me.
I wonder what I did so wrong! The tears
I cry at night, alone: are they the fee
you charge for love? They’ll haunt me through the years.


I do not miss the time that I have lost
forever, looking in your playful eyes – (Self-explanatory - I don't miss the time that I spent looking into your eyes, even though I can never get it back)
it’s better spent on something worth the cost
of living than to waste, to patronize
my heart with dollar signs. (At least I spent that time on something worth it (looking in your eyes). I could have wasted it making money (or anything else, really) Then, you left me.
I wonder what I did so wrong! The tears
I cry at night, alone: are they the fee
you charge for love? They’ll haunt me through the years. (Is sadness the charge for loving you? The sadness (and the tears) will never leave me

I understand the theme of cost throughout the poem but I do not think "dollar signs" works in that line of the poem. I suppose because throughout the poem is an emotional cost and dollar signs is more of a quantifiable cost.