You said I meant the world to you
because I was the one person
who had never given up.
I was a name
you hadn’t yet added to that list.
You mistook that for love.
I will never give up on you;
that’s the truth.
I will never give up on the notion
that one of these days
you’ll find a way to be happy.
But it will be with another girl
in another land,
far from here.
I pray you never set foot on the soil I’ve tread.
I will give up on us.
I will give up on the fantasies.
I will never exist to you
outside of your own self-interest
and that’s okay.
But that doesn’t mean I have to live with it.
That doesn’t mean I have to stay.
I will never give up on you.
I will give up on you, with me.
Feb 25, 2017
Feb 25, 2017 at 5:40 PM UTC
You said I meant the world to you
because I was the one person
who had never given up.
I was a name
you hadn’t yet added to that list.
You mistook that for love.
I will never give up on you;
that’s the truth.
I will never give up on the notion
that one of these days
you’ll find a way to be happy.
But it will be with another girl
in another land,
far from here.
I pray you never set foot on the soil I’ve tread.
I will give up on us.
I will give up on the fantasies.
I will never exist to you
outside of your own self-interest
and that’s okay.
But that doesn’t mean I have to live with it.
That doesn’t mean I have to stay.
I will never give up on you.
I will give up on you, with me.
Written for a series of poems that will eventually be a finished chapbook.
