"Echoes"

I fell into your eyes so many times
Because I could see myself reflected there.
The love you had was overwhelming--
Something I knew I could not bear.
I sank into your arms countlessly
Because the warmth I found was irreplaceable,
But the clinging grip with which you held me
Was a cage I saw as unmistakable.
I let you in innumerable moments
Because I believed in the dream that was so unreal.
The shattered memories we wake up to now,
Are all the “I love you’s” I couldn't feel.
I wasted the whiles with you immeasurably
Because I knew they would last for only so long;
A tired truth that echoed in silence
And echoes still now that you’re gone.