I left you
not because I'm done.
—not because I'm tired,
not because I'm giving up.
I left you
not because I fell out.
—not because I didn't love you,
not because I lied.
I left you,
because I knew
that the longer you hold on to me,
the more you'll get hurt.
The longer you stay,
the more you will have to suffer.
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Things I Wish I Could Tell You (Poetry and Prose)
PoetryI look at you with empty eyes from across the crowdy room. I never spoke when I was with you, and for a long time I hid from that quiet disguise. Little did you know I cried under the rain, and I sang with our song. When I'm alone I think of you, I...
