Letting you go

was never easy

the memories of us

stuck to the world around me

simple things

bringing back the memories of you

making it impossible to resist

falling back into that place

the hanging onto every word you spoke

but there began the downfall

the words you spoke

the ones i held dear

shut me out

shut my words down before they could fall

I began to realize our

sentences were

falling away

they were chipped paint

I search for words

stumble upon the reasons

the way i could say goodbye to you

how could i possibly do it

say it

let you go

after so long

but i realized it

finally i found them

the perfect way to say goodbye to you

the way to end a relationship

goodbye, my dear love

thank you for the times you gave me

i'm sorry this is over

and like that you were gone

but were you

the way you stuck in my head

the shadow of you looming over me

i never got rid of you

because it still rips me apart

to see the old us

to think you may still hurt

as i do

and to move on

guilt sitting in my chest

as if it were a hollowed out tree

somehow making its way up

ripping at my throat

telling me to turn around

to leave

to save you

but then i realize that this

was to improve me

to save me

to save my words from

the torture they were held in

so now i must say

goodbye my dear