for so long
i gave all of my love
to you
if you
would have asked
for my heart
or my hand
or my head
i would have
happily given it
to you
but now
i think maybe
it is time
to give myself
all of my love

i am still trying
to separate
the things i love
from the memories
of us doing them together
when that song comes on
i am still learning to
sing along
because i deserve to
enjoy the things i love
without having to
think about
enjoying them with you

heart break is a great
writing prompt
and yet
i so badly wish
i had nothing
to write about

i should have taken it as sign
when you told me
you hated poetry
not because
i need you to like
everything i like
or i need you to appreciate
everything i appreciate
but because
when i told you
what it felt like for me
to write poetry
and to read poetry
the feeling of being
grounded and understood
all at once
the feeling of
having somewhere to escape to
and finding a home
you still told me
you hated poetry