To His New Lover,

I have only heard whispers about you and seen glimpses of you in pictures
The one thing I know is that you and I are very different
And I hope that means something good
That maybe you bring out the man in him I never could

I hope he tells you you're beautiful every day even though you don't need to hear it but because you deserve it
I hope he never forgets to buy you flowers because he would do anything to see that smile spread across your face
I hope he holds you more than he makes love to you so that you always know he loves you for your soul and not for your body
I hope that when you fight, he fights for you instead of you having to convince him to stay
I hope that all the promises he makes and the dreams you build together you get to see manifest

I hope that there is never a day that you have to doubt his love because he is committed to showing you every second you're together how priceless your presence is to him

I hope you are everything to him that I couldn't be, that he wouldn't let me be, that I didn't know how to be.
I hope that your love is enough.

Sincerely,
The Girl who Loved Him First

There are days when I feel sad and lonely.
That no one understands the feelings I have.
I give up trying to explain it to them.

There are days I don't speak to those who love me.
I tell myself that they don't.

There are days that I think of all who failed me.
I relive every failure of mine.

There are days, I feel every pain I have ever felt.

So I write to make it all make sense.
When the rain is outside to keep me company.

I write so that the pain is consuming the paper.
Not me.

Today, is one of those days.

You are everything I want to be
Everything I wish I was
And I will never understand
Your complicated soul
I will never get past
The walls around your heart
I know there is a garden hidden behind
There are flowers that poke out through the cracks
Ones that you can't get back

I am just lucky
That you let me keep your walls company
Drawing on the keeper of your soul

People say
That if the love is true
It'll find a way
But I don't think that's right
There are plenty of things that get in the way of beautiful love

Jealousy
               Fear
                        Ourselves

Just because a love didn't last
Doesn't mean it wasn't real love
It just wasn't the right love
And that's what causes heartbreak
It's when our thoughts
Don't match with the reality
Of our lives

Love can't always save us
It's not meant too