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Accompanying someone as they slowly succumb to death, watching their last breath, feeling their hands go cold in yours – changes you right down to your soul.

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The man I loved was still a man, but not a child, broken and unwilling to change.

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I’ve been falling for the reminders, falling for the parts that feel familiar in the embrace of someone new. But I don’t want that anymore.

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Love is the forgiveness that comes from your heart’s deepest corner that you give to everyone who hurts you, and yourself.

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You try to make her change, when really, she’s already all you need and more. But you’re too scared of getting hurt to see that in her arms, you’ll be the safest.

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We thought our love song would play forever. But somewhere along the line, the lyrics lost their meaning and the song changed.

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I hate how I love you so much that I fall out of love with myself.

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Isn’t it unfair that we were created to feel, to love, to bind ourselves to other people without boundaries? That we could fall in love with someone who doesn’t love us back? Or who doesn’t love us at all?

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But letting go of you
was like nothing else.
It was like watching a balloon
float into the sky and knowing
you’ll never get it back.

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We could have been great together, even as friends, but time was a thief and he robbed me of the time we needed to be with each other.