"You can't make me love you" he blurted out
no words had ever cut me so deep
I was left paralyzed in the moment
I had been breaking myself
bending for him
to give him
what he wanted
acting like everything was okay
shielding us from collapsing
trying to keep him from going under
but the more I thought about it
the more I knew he was right
I was trying to make him love me again
and that's something
I should have never had to do
the moment he treated me
like I was expendable
I should have run
in the other direction
because I realized
you should never have to feel like
you're not worth loving
when that starts to happen
you're already fighting a losing war
that's going to end in pain and misery
