Dissolution

We created together this sacred space.
I suppose it was inevitable though,
that so much time would begin this
agonizing process of decay.
That dose of reality you shared
so painful, because
what my head’s known all along,
my stubborn heart refused to learn:

You don’t love me now
You never did
You never will.

So now I must accept this dissolution,
you’re probably not even aware has begun…
Allow me my tears when next (and last?) we meet,
because I’m not yet sure how to move on
or who I’ll be
without you.

1/28/24