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Break Up

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The day before you broke up with me
I had talked to you about hope and
how love gets us through everything
about how we would be able to make it
even if your parents did hate me

You agreed
but I learned soon enough
that by that time you had already sent me
the letter

you know...
the one I received three days before my birthday
the one that made me cry until I couldn't breathe
the one that I tore up in a mad frenzy
the one that said you wanted to break up with me


after that months went by
I started healing
I started breathing again
and I saw that there were others
that could offer me so much more
more than you ever did

And then one day you just called me
assuming that I was still waiting for you
and you begged to have me back

I miss you
There's nobody like you
I'll do anything...


So you put me into the difficult position
of having to break a heart
to choose between an old love
and a fresh, but unsure new one
but the choice was easy made
I decided to gamble

It was the best choice I ever made

You accused me of lying to myself
told me I didn't fight hard enough for you
and more of those selfish things
conveniently forgetting how hard I had fought
for almost 6 years...

Three times you told me you weren't sure you loved me anymore
each time I fought and waited for you to come around
I stuck around through your deepest depressions
patiently pushing until you would talk to me
I agreed with all your decisions
you would never compromise for me
and compromising is all I did for you

I'm done constantly fighting
That's not what love should be about

And now after all this time
I'm not sure if I ever really loved you at all
or if I was just afraid to be alone
After I broke up with my ex-boyfriend he kept harassing me off and on for almost 2 years. After his last attempt of emotional blackmail by e-mail I decided I should let it all out and so this poem came into existence.
I think it helped; I haven't heard from him since I wrote this :)
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