Dear No One

where were you

You told me you love me
You said you’d leave me never
for I am the first woman you’ve presented your heart to
But when I needed you most,
where were you?

While I was drowning in the ocean of melancholia
Slowly sinking into the dark abyss
My lungs bereaved of oxygen, my body feeling weightless
Where were you?

You made me believe it was okay to fall
That you’d always be there to catch me and break the fall
Yet when I kept stumbling over broken twigs and fallen leaves
You weren’t there to catch me at all

You made me promise to hold on tight
To fight for what we had despite all odds
I gave my word, and so did you
But I was the only one who kept it
– where were you?

I did everything I could to hold you
I struggled against the current and swam back to you
I kept the promise, I kept my word
Yet when I reached you, I heard the most painful words:
“You can let go now”

My heart crippled in pain
Fractured into millions of pieces
And I knew then that I needn’t drown nor fall
For those words were enough to carry off my heart and soul