quarterican
Member
I used to love you just enough.
Four times a day I answered your calls;
you nourished me, and kept me going.
I used to look forward to you.
You would tell me when to go inside,
and when to sit down with you.
I used to listen to you.
You gave me advice that I followed,
never asking for too much.
I want to call it a "falling out".
You still call, but I don't answer.
I've found ways to live without you--
or at least around you,
because no matter how much I wish,
I'll never be without you.
You breathe with me;
You talk to me.
You live with me.
You eat with me.
I have to thank you for getting me this far.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, but
please. Please. I'm telling you:
Go away.
If I can learn to live with the knots in my gut,
you can learn to stop tying them.
Four times a day I answered your calls;
you nourished me, and kept me going.
I used to look forward to you.
You would tell me when to go inside,
and when to sit down with you.
I used to listen to you.
You gave me advice that I followed,
never asking for too much.
I want to call it a "falling out".
You still call, but I don't answer.
I've found ways to live without you--
or at least around you,
because no matter how much I wish,
I'll never be without you.
You breathe with me;
You talk to me.
You live with me.
You eat with me.
I have to thank you for getting me this far.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, but
please. Please. I'm telling you:
Go away.
If I can learn to live with the knots in my gut,
you can learn to stop tying them.