#brokenhearted

So I choose to be alone

"You broke me into tiny pieces. "

never hearing the weight of my steps.

I was the steady flame in your night,

yet you mistook my light for the sun.

My laughter filled your hollow rooms,

my patience stitched your broken hours.

But you counted neither—

as though love were endless,

as though I were infinite.

Now absence teaches louder than words,

and the echo of what I gave

rings sharper than my voice ever did.

I was here—

and you forgot to see me.

I was yours—