I know I shouldn’t bother

You’ve probably forgotten all the lines now on my face

Wouldn’t notice me in a lineup

But I still remember every freckle, every hair, and how you took up space

I have wanted to let go

But not through lack of love, through the unbearable pain I’ve felt in distance, I just wanted one last dove

You were my world, but more than that, our worlds grew when we combined

Not a codependence, but a sharing of strength and mind

But somehow things got heavy and complex along the way

Maybe past stories told, cycling around your head, on hold all day

Gosh I wish you could feel this, and finally see what my heart wants to say

A crime to lose this, to fake that we don’t care, just happy on our merry little way

You know it would only take three words to say

I am yours

Forever and a day