temporary melancholia

When you love the wrong person

It chips away at you

But when you love the wrong person and you know it’s the wrong person

It feels as though you are chipping away at yourself

It hurts a little deeper

Stays a little longer

Aches a little stronger

When you know it’s the wrong person

And you love them anyway.

When you love the wrong person

Falling is the easy part

Loving is the easy part

It is harder to resist then to cave

Because love is nicotine

Morphine for the soul

And when it’s time to cut back

Your body wages war on you

Guns pointed, knives sharpened, 

The time for white flags is over

There’s no stopping until your heart and mind subdue

Then the withdrawal will ensue

It damages you

Takes bits of you that you fear will never return

All because you loved the wrong person.

When you love the wrong person

Turn back faster

Walk away sooner

Get out when you still can

Because if you wait too long

You won’t walk away as a whole

You’ll be left behind

Missing pieces of yourself didn’t realize were gone

And you will be all alone.

All because you loved the wrong person