Heartbreak.

My heart aches, but I will pull through

Because, I know, it was not only you.

We both made mistakes that made it this way

So, for now, this is the price we must pay

To find ourselves, then see what will stay.

I want to be bitter and say I knew all along

But, as far as I know, I once again could be wrong.

Timing is everything, that’s what they say,

But I was desperate to save you; That was my mistake.

The greatest lessons in life are the things we can’t change:

We can’t save other people, just cause we want them to stay,

When our own hearts are heavy and we’ve lost our own way.

It’s freeing, at least, to not be bound to you and me.

Maybe a weights lifted off and I can finally be free?

It just seemed so right, despite the wrongs and red flags,

Or the fact I’ve been missing you since before we began.

Now, it’s hard to let go and think of the lessons it holds

When I still wish it was you I was able to hold close.

But I hope, in the end, it was best for us both..

..I wrote this about heartbreak when I thought love’s what I’d lost,

But now I see that it was a much greater cost.

It’s not your fault, the feelings I felt

But it wasn’t you, it was the cards that you dealt.

You took my choice with the game that you made.

I wasn’t a player, so it made me insane.

If you were my joker, and I was your Queen,

Then, this is my kingdom and you are released.

-M_LM (Melody LeeMarie © 2022)