I found a letter
That turned the ground I sat on
To quicksand
And slowly sinking
Reeling from my find
I wonder how you could
So easily lie
And how lucky for me
To never have tried
To heal you
Your wounds lie deep within
And you vibrant color-drenched skin
Is a poisonous façade
I could never heal you if I tried
Neither was I the one
Who was not good enough
No one ever was
You were damaged, I now see
Long before I ever came along
You were not loved enough
And stuck in a love unrequited
Like a great tree unmoving
Vowing to brave it all
There you now stand all alone
And I thought once
I too could brave it all
Stand by you till death
Till you knew
You were truly loved
I realize now you’d have died
Sorrowful
Mourning never having been loved at all
The fortresses we built around you
When the winds blew too hard
To times we touched our branches to yours
So you wouldn’t double over
With the weight of the world
You would still have thought
We stayed close
Only to better feast on your carcass
When your great tree fell
And it is not my love
That is faulty
My love is true
But you don’t know that
You can never feel love
Because you’ve never loved yourself
