The Final Day

 I gave you my life and you crushed it,

Like fragile glass beneath your careless step.

All those dreams I once held close to my heart,

Now shattered, scattered like leaves in the wind.

But you—you walked away so easily,

As if it were nothing, as if we were nothing,

As if love could be tossed aside

Like an old coat you no longer need.

Hurt does dissolve quickly,

Or so they say, but I feel the weight still,

A dull ache that lingers beneath my skin,

A reminder of what we lost and what you never understood.

I have so much greatness to offer,

But it was never meant to be confined

By hands that were too small to hold it,

By a heart that never truly knew what it had.

I am loved by so many others—

Their arms are wide, their voices soft,

They lift me higher, where you could not reach.

And though you may have left me broken,

I am still standing, still burning.

For in the end, I am more than the pieces you broke,

More than the tears you never saw,

More than the love you never truly deserved.

I gave you my life and you crushed it,

But I’m learning to rebuild—

And I’ll be stronger than I ever was before.