Maybe (Poem)

The slightest word from you is like a knife

Hot and Sharp

And with just one slice

It cuts right through my heart

And the louder your voice gets

The more I cringe

Inside and out

I know I'm crazy to stick around

After all there's nothing left between us

We fight every time one of us utters a sound

It gets so ridiculous

Yet maybe we can live with the pain

We've done so for so long

Yet after all the fighting we're left empty

No longer feeling like this is home

This isn't who we are

Or who we're meant to be

And somewhere along the way we've lost ourselves

No longer liking what we see

Whoever said that love is pain

And to have the sun you'll get some rain

Must have felt this way before

But maybe they are right

Maybe in the end love will come through

And this darkness will have some light

Maybe through all this pain we’re not seeing the whole picture

Yet we have long run out of good

And what’s left is cold and bitter

So maybe we should walk away

While there's still time to go

With empty promises to keep in touch

Even though the outcome of this we already know

Then maybe... just maybe...

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