Hey, you seem distant.
This has been so consistent.
Is it because of your family?
Or is it because of that girl, Emily?
The one with the strange attitude,
The one who seems to hate you?
She's hard to comprehend,
She seems to pretend;
That she isn't lonely.
That you're not the one and only.
Why doesn't she understand,
That she doesn't need a man
To make her
Independent
Or happy
Or whole
Why don't you love yourself?
You're not your own enemy.
Love, Emily

For the Soul I have hungered
For the Words I left unspoken
For the Tears I have not shed
For the Promises I made to be broken

For the Song I have not sung
For the Book I did not read
For the Gift I have not shared
For the Heart I left to bleed

For the Memories I have forgotten
For the Truth I have not told
For the Freedom I held captive
For the Feelings I let grow cold

For the Battles I have not won
For the Lies I have deceived
For the Love I took for granted
For the Life I have not lived

And to my Self, I’m sorry
For not seeing these through
This pain I have to carry
Because I have lost you