Thanks Goes Out to You

With every tear that drops I wither,
Every word unspoken litters.

The ghost of the memory you left behind,
Did nothing but constantly remind.

The joy and love you gifted me with,
While oblivion enveloped me until you started to drift.

Farther and farther away you went,
Until every single cherished memory was spent.

You severed the threads that kept me alive,
And took away what I needed to strive.

To exist in this world where everything is unknown,
But the small gifts of passion that was constantly shown.

When you were by my side with me,
And opened my eyes and guided me to see.

The wonders the world contained; before you I was blind,
A book snapped shut; an empty mind.

Yet you managed to pry me apart and look deep,
And gathered the courage for that flying leap.

The jump that allowed you to see within my heart,
The jump that allowed you to tear me apart.

Why did I let you convince me of love?
Wasn’t heart-break surely a lesson enough?

The answer is no, to you it is not,
You had to deprive me of the love that I sought.

From you I learned more than I ever could,
Learned more than I ever would.

I know that the chance of heart-break is terrifying,
The chance of betrayal and back-stabbing and lying.

It’s surely enough to scare anybody away,
But you had the heart to love and to stay.

Still, in the end, you moved on and left.
I accuse you of cheating, of fibbing, of theft.

Yet I cannot blame you for falling apart,
You did me a favour and opened my heart.

You cared enough to be gentle and see,
The things that nobody else saw in me.

Thank you, one last time, for teaching me this,
Thank you for every touch, every word…

Every kiss.