i’ve spent days giving you,
valleys and oceans of myself.
I have spent weeks investing
whatever I had left into
something i’m not sure
even works anymore.

I have felt deceit and treachery,
I’ve known the heartbreak that is love
but I never thought affirmation
would become like a drug
withheld from my hands
and ripped from my lips.

I have searched for sanity,
in several different places
but only found it in you,
so I’m sorry if these oceans
are too much
and these valleys
not enough
but I have given you my all
and gotten back only pieces

so forgive me,
if i feel this isn’t fair treatment
and forgive me
for expecting so much more.
all i ever ask for are
rose petals and kisses.
but i’m starting to think
that’s just too much.

I can’t help but live inside my head
and play all the games it invites me to,
but I guess that’s how we’re sane.
My love for you remains

but can you say the same?