once upon a time, i fell in love. i fell hard, and i fell a long, long way down. to that end, i gave him my heart and my soul, my body and my mind. i promised him eternity and forever and always; i compromised and created time and carefully navigated my way through the ugly scenes of being in a relationship. we drew a map of future, we built a bridge of which to get from here to wherever it was we wanted to be five, ten, fifteen years from now. too late i realized the bridge was made of thorns and unsteady, rotting wood — which may not be steady enough to hold us both, and the weight of our combined pride and conviction and tenacity. and that in order to cross over, i would be leaving part of myself behind. too late i realized, i could not imagine being without him, and at the same time i could not imagine the opposite. too late i realized i was far too attached, and that to separate myself, i would be abandoning a vital part of myself with him. the heart.
i will be answer
at the end of the line.
in the burning of uncertainty
i will be your solid ground.
if it takes my whole life,
i won’t break
i won’t bend.
cast me gently
into water
for the night has been unkind.
once upon a time, i fell in love. in between then and now, i lost everything else that made me who i used to be; like peeling back layers after layers after layers only to find absolutely nothing left.
forgive me, for i cannot and will not do likewise in this case.
i will not, ever again.
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