there was a time
when this was new
i thought i saw
a glimpse of you

you left me clues
along the way
but you never
gave your heart away

i haven’t learned
no, i can’t let it go
how many times can i endure
the word no?

twisting
and
molding
the truth

avoiding
accountability
denying
what we knew

..

i reject
it
with my whole heart

this is not reality
this is art

so

who
did you daydream
about

when you
were trapped
with me?

you have
failed
to molt

and
it
will
destroy
you

a simple,
sudden
shout

an interruption
i can't stop
thinking about

unexpected
and abrupt
and beautifully
uncorrupt

choices
building
contradictions
to
your
heart

stroking your ego
is the work
of a weak woman

to wait
is an illusion

patience is
merely
self control

words
acquire meaning
with action

i am
choosing
every
day

why
does it have
to be
a wish?

escaping the light
truths
not yet ripe

the suggestion
the night
the time
the fight

your eyes
told me
of
your
plight

how did i put
any trust
in you?

and
why did i let you
influence
what
i do?

your words
and
actions
were not
equally
true

so
.
goodbye
to
you


p. s.

(i hope
the void
brings someone
new)

words
you didn't
say
because
they were hidden
in
bliss

how could we
walk away
from
a kiss
like that?

it’s funny,
how much time
you think
you have

your love is beautiful
(in theory)

our union
is magical
(in theory)

this love
will
last forever
(in theory)

i wouldn't
dare
give you
my heart
again

where is the line
between optimism
and denial?

my gentle heart
feels a fool

all
of your
self fulfilling prophesies
(that i once defended you from)
drowning in fear
insecurity
weakness
and ultimately
your soul’s darkness

are
coming
true

and
it’s a
relief

to let you
be
what i see

and
for everyone else
to
know

you are
those things
not because of who you are
but
what you allowed yourself
to become

gatekeeper
gaslighter
hateful
little
man

if i can’t rise
above you
then
im not sure
where i am

the sadness
of your soul
still
haunts me

and then
the day came, when
your name

didn’t
cross my mind

the fire
for me
in your heart
died quietly

tell me,
love

where did it go?
and
why
don’t you know?

he said,
what if we have
feelings
that
cannot be described in words?

fire
that consumes me
will
birth
new me
later

the
tiny flame
that stayed
inside
me
for you
is burning me
alive

i thought
it was
you

when
i am still
for too long
the sadness
is louder
so
i have to
keep
moving

i know
i could be brave
and evolve
and walk
confidently
over this hill
and on to the horizon

but
instead
i see in your eyes
the reminder
that you didn’t want me
and i just
fall
into this deepness
drowning
in
sad reality
an ache
of being unwanted
of dwelling
on
this

i know
i could
just
…
walk away

but
i
dont

compromise
has a price
that i have
overpaid

writing thoughts
deleting thoughts
anger flares
and then subsides
love blooms
and fades
you’re hot
and then you’re cold
you want me
but you don’t

is it
a human
pattern?
a species’
self-torture?

the plot
to transform
my heart
into
dust

people
succumb
to less

i am settling
for
less

i once yearned for
less

when I felt like
less

but
maybe i'll realize

i
am
more

how many

.times.

can you learn the same lesson?

you make me rage

because

it's just not

right

what would i do?

becomes

what will i do?

your pain
is my pain
share it with me
we can carry it
together

your words
weaving
sweet daydreams

fill me with
hope

until

the words
remain
just that.

i waited
in vain
but i learned
something:

never
again

when does
patience
become
self-sabotage?

love is time
and time
is precious

one by one
the lights come on
until
the city sparkles

at what point
do i stop believing
your words
and instead
accept
your actions
as the truth?

on the last new moon
i asked the empty sky
to show me the way

and here today
i sit on the eve
of a full moon sky

grateful
with
my
knowing heart

to know
your love
is the greatest privilege
of my heart

what we
are going through
is painful

and beautiful

embracing sadness
with grace

holding hope

and accepting the path


letting you go


...
but not losing you

i earned
my
independence

i will
protect this
at all costs

so when
you threaten this

freedom

you
no longer
exist
to
me

i’ll cry
every night
for you

for our joy
for our pain
for this gift

you
already
gave

you know how
there are
both
no words
and
infinite words
for
us

our love
aligned us
for a moment

an eclipse

at first
we moved
towards each other

and now
we are moving
apart

today
i felt
the void
between us

echoes
of loving words
fading

you
contradicted
our love

with
your look