You know I'm terrible with goodbyes,
And I know you deserve one better than this.
But you know me,
Always better with words
than with actions.

It was my way with words
That made you put up with me,
Made you look far enough
Beyond my flaws that you saw someone
Worth the trouble,

Worth all of the heartache and
The frustration.
Someone I fail to see, myself.
Someone I fail to be.

You gave your heart to
Joseph the poet,
Only to have it broken by
Joe the *******.

The same lost cause that
You once saw hope in.
The same who continues to
Disappoint.

I only wish that my goodbye will
Be in such fashion,
So that I may never again disappoint
A love better than I deserve.