There is a comfort in holding on,
but an even greater relief in letting go
the one thing that taught you about love.

You have to know that deep down inside all of the cracks and crevices of your heart that I will always fit in those fragmented spaces. You want to know how I know this? Because you are my morning songbirds when I wake up and my northern star that guides me home on dark summer nights and your heart aches when I ache like we are in each other's skin. I fit nowhere else but here.

I should've given up on you
when I had the chance
because each time
you come back into my life
my world freezes in time
but yours keeps moving on.

I have a hard time
not regretting things I've done,
but sometimes it eats away at you
like an unhealing wound.

I wish I could say
that there isn't one thing
I would have changed about us
but we'd both know I'd be lying.

And really, who am I kidding?
I would take you back
in a heartbeat,
everything in its entirety.

I'm starting to see that
life is only worth living
if you have the chance to love
fully and truly.

If only you'd bless me with your company,
a soft touch of my hair, maybe
or even just a glance into those forgiving eyes,
I know we did things we don't want to think about
but can't we just keep the past at bay?
I hope you can understand that I would give anything
just to have you in my life once more.

I ache. I don't know how else to say it. My ribs are so brittle and my heartbeat falters. And I can't think of any way to fix it. How can I refill my empty lungs with air when you've done everything to take my breath away? Do I have to beg and scream and plead for mercy, all just so I can find peace? You've used me, left me bruised and battered, and now all I ask is for you to leave me with some dignity.