08/03/26 A New Poem for a New Day

I did not stop talking to you
Because I am a coward

I did not stop listening to your shouts
Because I could handle it.

I did not stop pretending nothing was wrong
Because I wanted to ruffle feathers

I did not reject the apology you never really gave
Because I do not value mercy.

I did not stop being with you
Because I want to force your hand.

It is not about you.
It is about what I want in my life
And it’s not someone
Who would hurt me
Denying there’s anything wrong with that.

Blast from the past:

Why do you prize me
More when I had gusto but
Lacked any substance?