because love betrayed
can be a cruel god
and they refuse to kneel
any longer

how   long does  it    take  to  realize
you're playing a duet with someone who's
put     their        instrument     down?
i   told  myself   it   was just  timing
a               skipped             beat
a               missed           refrain
but how long can  a  song  linger before
it's               only           noise?
how  long  does   it   take   to realize
that             the             silence
was      never       meant    to    end?

...and when i see you again,
I'll say, "𝘭'𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘰."
maybe then we can decide
if it meant hello or goodbye.

Did you see yourself somewhere else—
anywhere else—
before I came along?

I wish I could ask without breaking,
without fearing the answer—
but all I can do is hope
that if I was the detour,
I was worth the journey.

if i could only have a hundred regrets
and i'm already at 99th
i'll scour my brain for words left unsaid
or roads i have left behind

i'll never run out of things to mouth
cause i know this truth exists
that even with a million regrets to count
you'll never be on that list