#lettingo
I used to think that love was holding tight,
Like if I let you go, you’d slip from sight.
I used to think that fear was proof enough—
That being scared was what made love so tough.
But slowly I have learned it’s not a race,
It doesn't need to take up every space.
When I was just attached, I needed more;
I kept one hand upon the open door.
I didn’t just want you happy—I wanted you near,
I wanted the words that would quiet my fear.
I wanted to be chosen, to be shown,
Because I was afraid to stand alone.
But real love doesn't speak in a demand,
It doesn't hold a tight and trembling hand.
It’s quieter than that; it lets you breathe,
It doesn't break when it’s time to leave.
It lets you grow, it lets you find your way,
Without the heavy weight of having to stay.
I’ve seen it now—the harder that you press,
The more you turn a blessing into stress.
You cannot protect love by holding on;
You only notice when the air is gone.
So if it’s real, it won't require a chain,
It stays through sunlight and through rain.
If you are meant for me, you’ll find the shore,
Without me having to lock every door.
Because I finally learned the truth of it:
You cannot keep what wasn't meant to fit.
Feb 7
Feb 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM UTC
I am not gonna meditate on you anymore
I am not gonna think about you anymore
You came like a lightening bolt
Then left like you were never here
Making me question my own identity
Making me question my life’s reality
Was it just in my head? Was it a dream?
Was it a nightmare that I didn’t see?
Aloof, my mind strays in different directions
Were you someone I thought you weren’t?
You walked in and embraced me like a child
Told me you wanna hear all about my mind
Held my hand so it wouldn’t shake while i speak
You said you won’t judge me even if I hung myself on a tree
Then one very fine day, you started drifting away
Into the abyss, where I couldn’t even hold onto you
I kept latching onto the shadow you left behind
Tried to manifest you back cause I was always crying
But I’m tired now, and I can’t go on like this
And so they say,
The final act of loving someone,
Is letting them go
So I let you go
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM UTC
Laughing now because I found something old
It doesn't bring back anyone, only memories
At least that was what I was told
Regretting that I never sent those messages
Who knows, maybe things would have been different
Maybe I wouldn't have felt this bad
Maybe... Just maybe, I wouldn't have become insignificant
But life is all about the choices we make
I could have tried to keep you by my side
But I knew it wouldn't have made any change
I'm not saying I gave up, but I saw how hurt you were when you cried
It was just that the timing was off and I had to let go.
Apr 17, 2017
Apr 17, 2017 at 3:11 AM UTC
here we are, silent as a city burns between us
so, this is how it feels like to gaze upon the ruins of what once was and never will be again
so,this is the aftermath of an endless string of almost's and could-have-been's
look at this, look at what we have done
to the people we used to be, to the people we could have been
look at the crumbling walls, look at the ashes, look at this burning debris
this is all we will ever be until it claims us again
please remember this moment, the beat of my heart drowning out the sound of the chaos happening before us
remember this moment, them burning as bright as we had
remember how my name sounded like on your tongue, like it has been the one you have been calling out in all of your lifetimes
remember how we built this city for our empty souls only for us to be blinded by the lights
remember how I let you read all the tragedies my paper heart had bled
and you showed me all the oceans you had cried
please remember because I will remember you
I will remember you like how the books remembered all the kings and queens
I will remember you like how she never forgot all those that have wounded her deep
I will remember you like the way she has always remembered to forget how to forgive
this is how it ends, you with your temporary peace
me, envying the forgetful for remembering is my curse
-W.L.A.C.
Feb 19, 2017
Feb 19, 2017 at 6:24 AM UTC
i will never understand the phrase,
'You only love her when you let her go.'
ever.
why would you let her go back into reality alone,
why would you let her go face society, and become one of those human drones,
why would you let her lay in her bed alone, and allow the fears to consume her life,
don't you want her to survive?
do you not know that youre the oxygen that keeps her alive?
maybe i've just fallen too deep in love, but i sure as hell will never let my dove go,
unless it's freedom she asks for, but until then she's forever mine, and therefore i hope our love will grow even more.
Feb 18, 2016
Feb 18, 2016 at 7:17 PM UTC
A bad memory
She
Gladly
Left-behind.
His heart held heaven
Now she's ever on his mind.
He feels such adoration,
Deeply, vividly, he dreams.
Only to wake and scream.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME?!
Her words wiegh-well on his withered weathered soul.
The Love he lost, has taken its toll.
"If only"
He says, painfully...
"She would just speak to me"
Body weak he seeks to be...
Someone else...
Who never knew.
You like I do.
Don't worry;
I'm threw.
*******
Taped.
Torn tattered and tied.
I may be the bad guy...
but your the angel who lied.
Told me I was the best.
Then told the world of your curse.
But what hurts me the worst...
Is that you still hate me so.
When it was you who...
Decided to go.
I have tried to let go.
But my dreams of you grow.
And the sadness that lingers,
When I wake
from your hair through my fingers;
Feels like...
A jagged rusty knife,
Being removed from my life-source;
That bleeds when it beats I need the "we" that can never be.
Forever me. No doubt that you'll ever care about these;
Seeds that have grown into trees.
Please, baby please set me free!
Indifference of my existence
is virtually
Reality.
I kissed the greatest of fallacies.
In your pretty eyes I saw galaxies.
I might as well die when I rise from sleep.
Realizin' our venture was make-beLIEve.
I dream;
of dreaming about your face.
Placed;
once-again,
in
your joyful grace.
One kiss could erase...
The hate that bores through my veins,
For self;
Cause I have made
you very estranged.
If only
I could rearrange...
The paths we took to the open range
Of hope & change.
I miss you.
Missing me.
I doubt I'll ever be free.
Without you... my heart
continually
bleeds. I cannot see;
how
I could have kept you from leaving me.
Was it just that that was my destiny!?
To finally
find happiness just to have had it's bits torn from me? Was I just born to be;
Oximoronic and dastardly?
If only...
She answered me.
Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015 at 7:45 PM UTC
I'm tired of forcing you out of my every thought.
Convincing myself I don't want you isn't working and I'm sure it hasn't worked for anyone.
You can't just flip a switch and forget about someone.
What if this person was exciting?
Made you feel desired?
Made you want to get up in the morning?
Why would you want to give that up?
--
The truth is, the possibility of us is all that it's ever going to be.
A possibility
A what if.
A maybe.
And even though it hurts, I don't want to fight my thoughts anymore.
I'll think of you until I'm ready to let the idea of you go.
That's all you are anyway.
A stupid idea.
Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 3:11 AM UTC