When you said "Goodbye",
I did not believe you meant it
But you did
My heart stopped pounding
Inside its prison
Buried deep beneath
My aching tissue

I suppose,
In some ways,
I left you
Because I failed to return
In the moment you needed me most
I failed to say my own "Goodbye"

I missed the most important "I love you",
"I'll miss you",
And "I'll see you soon"
But I so wanted
To see you soon
To set this heart free
To break down its prison bars

And I tried.