What I'll Never Say

You're not here. I speak to you anyway.
Would we both be better off if I left you
Alone? I can't have you. I know that.
You say I should stay, but you're somebody
Else's, and all I can do to make clear that
I love you is let you complain. I subject
You to peril, a bone in your throat. I will
Wound you if you don't destroy me,
Instead, and, believe me, you're doing
So, day after day. It's okay if I die,
But I need you to live, and to learn to be
Happy. There must be a way. It might
Start with me leaving. I would if I
Could, but both of us know that
I can't.



Poetry by Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2015-08-17 at 17:53

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