ACHES [Wattys Winner 2015]

Learn to let you go

A push and pull,

You want to be with me,

I can see you love me,

Still every time you walk out the door,

I know deep inside,

That there is a world for you,

Where you are happy,

Which I am not a part of.

I try to push the boundaries,

I want to be in everything you do,

I want to be your shadow.

I know I am being difficult,

But for me, life is you,

Everything about you,

Every world you are a part of,

Is my world too.

I know it becomes claustrophobic,

I know you want some space to you,

I know I am not the only one for you,

But you don't know,

For you, I give up all my spaces,

I banish all my worlds.

But for you,

I try restricting myself,

Giving you some slack.

I try,

Because I don't want to become

A rope around your neck.

I have learnt to feel that you have

Different worlds then me.

One day, I will learn to live with my shadow.

One day, I will learn to be everything for myself.

One day, I will learn to find happiness

Apart from you.

One day, I will learn to let you go too.