you said you didn’t want to lose me.
you said you could “learn to love me again.”
but love shouldn’t need to be relearned,
should it?
i carried those words like a promise
years later i learned that you were already celebrating him.
i wonder how many times
i loved you
while you were already gone.
Aug 24, 2025
Aug 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM UTC
you said you didn’t want to lose me.
you said you could “learn to love me again.”
but love shouldn’t need to be relearned,
should it?
i carried those words like a promise
years later i learned that you were already celebrating him.
i wonder how many times
i loved you
while you were already gone.
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