between the lines

we should love and we should learn

i'd like to start this off
with a very large thank you
because you loved me with everything you had
and i unapologetically did too

but the thing about passionate love
is it never lasts very long
and it didn't take a while for me
to pinpoint where it went wrong

because when you fall in love
communication is key
and soon we spoke different languages
and i translated it in order to see

it started in the way you looked at me
because you used to look at me like i was a rose
but now i was wilted and broken and battered
and you wondered why i was the flower you chose

and then it was how you listened to me
because you used to say each word i spoke was a star
but i guess id been burning out little by little
because now it felt like our cosmos were too far

eventually it was how you talked to me
because you used to speak like you were giving me air
but i guess there's not much worth saying anymore
or maybe you just don't really care

so once again thank you for the love that we shared
and i'm sorry it's no longer found
but i'm eternally grateful for what you have shown me
and i hope to see you around

so i sit here holding your hands as i say
do you love me, though the answer is clear
he says yes and he swallows so hard
thus proving he's lying despite his actions being sincere

so i take a deep breath and smile heavily
as i look at him and say
lying to me is easier than loving me
and i'm sorry that's its worked out this way

and with that the language barrier is broken
and he looks at me as i do too
our eyes say all we need to say
it was such a pleasure loving you.