Poetry Feelings

one

i cried when you left me
without saying goodbye.
i thought it was cowardly
i thought you didn't love me.

only, i never realized that i
was just being selfish, thinking,
about my own happiness, whereas
i never asked about yours.

but then again, i didn't deserve
to be hurt like that.
i didn't deserve to cry myself
to sleep every night for almost
a decade.
i didn't deserve to be empty inside,
to be afraid to love someone and to
be loved back.

you said forever.
i counted less.
you said you love me.
i couldn't care less.
because i took you for granted
and now i regret.

and so
everyday i think
"you had no right to leave me
that way."

without giving me
just one more chance
to say
"i love you..."