Right from the start we seemed to mesh,
Our personalities just seemed to connect.
All this was back when it was fresh,
When I sat up all night waiting for you to text.

You were a mystery,
I seemed to be attracted to the chase.
Hoping you’d erase my history,
I wanted you to fill my life with grace.

Maybe I’m scared to be alone,
Or maybe I’m scared to let you go.
I am afraid of how fast your feelings have grown,
Compared to yours, mine are slow.

I’m hurt because you’re hurt,
I didn’t mean for this to happen.
I try to help but you pull away, burnt.
It felt like a slap on my open skin.

My past leaves me scarred,
My future leaves me afraid.
My heart is always on guard,
Still trying to mend the cuts that were made.

Maybe my feelings are hiding,
Or maybe they aren’t there.
My heart is just following what my head is guiding,
Because another heartbreak I just cannot bare.

You say I’m breaking your heart,
But you’re breaking mine.
I warned you from the start,
That you weren’t the first in line.

I can’t keep pulling you along,
I can’t force what I feel.
I hope you can be strong,
It will take time, but you will heal.

I need you to let me leave,
Because you no longer feel like home.
Let me go so you can grieve,
Let your feelings roam.

I don’t want to stay for you,
I want to stay for me.
The feelings I have aren’t true,
If only you’d agree.

I’m sorry that I couldn’t be,
What you wanted me to be.
Please hear me, I plea.
I’m sorry but it’s time to set me free.