one time i told you not to let go,
and you swore on your life that you wouldn't.
you pinky promised that you'd
never let go of my hand if i didn't let
go of yours. when we hid under
the bridge and kissed i could feel your
heart beating, and i grabbed your
hand harder, trying to hold onto it forever
to keep my end of the deal,
never wanting to let you go because
you were oh so beautiful

i never thought that you would be the
first to let go.
because i didn't.
i didn't let go, ******,
and you let my hand slip away.
you promised, but i should have known that
you were just waiting
to find something better to hold onto.

i grabbed your hand in the
dark (when the only lights were
the glow of your eyes) but then
this morning you rejected it
for someone else's
(someone who deserves you
way more than i do, i'm sure,
but it's hard to see you leave
when you promised you would stay).

i can't pretend
to be in one piece
because i'm an actress,
but i'm not that good.
i built my life around you,
so solidly
that it crumbled when you left.

it's like a castle that only needed
one brick.
but you are the brick and i am the castle
no one expected me to crumble
this easily
(but here i am, lying in a heap by
your feet).

i don't know why
i let you do this-
i should have built my own foundation.
instead, what did i do?
i broke just because you said
'goodbye'