All of those words

That escaped their lips…

Excuses,

Lies,

Everything but the

Truth.

For the longest time,

I was too scared

To confront you…

Days passed and

You didn’t catch on

To how you were hurting me so.

_Oblivious _

_To the pain_

_In my eyes…_

I kept it all

Deep inside

My heart,

And if it hadn’t been for

That tiny bit of hope

Inside me,

My heart may have

Died.

Eventually,

It became

Too much…

I NEEDED

To tell you

How much

My heart ached.

“Can we talk?”

I prayed that you

Would listen to

My words.

“Ok,”

A one word answer,

That’s all I got.

“Lately,

I’ve been feeling like

You’re lying to me…

And it burns

Beyond belief.

So tell me

The truth,

Or leave me be…

What exactly

Have you been hiding

From me?”

You let out

A drawn out

Sigh

And said,

“You really wanna know why

I’ve been avoiding you?

It’s simple,

I just don’t love you

Like I used to…

After all this time,

The thrill is

Gone.”

My heart broke

Into a thousand,

No…

A million

Tiny shards.

Tears

Threatened to fall,

But I held it all

Back,

Took a deep breath

Breath,

And said,

“Then I guess we should

Break up…”

Though I wanted

Nothing more

Than to stay with you,

This…

This was for the best.

“I…I’m sorry,

But… yes,

I want to break up.”

“So this is

Goodbye?”

“Yes.”

With that

Final one word answer,

You left me,

Alone,

Broken,

Empty.

But at least I knew

How you

Truly felt.

Though now

We were apart…

And so we stepped

Into the dawn,

Forever changed.