I Hope This Reaches Her in Time

i was the ocean

you wanted rivers

i was the moon

you chased the stars

do you miss yourself

like i miss you

do you even remember

what it felt like to be happy

have you forgotten yourself

beneath your troubles

you can miss people

but you don’t have to

want them back

your absence taught me

how to be my own lover

all of her stars are burning

you can miss people

but you don’t have to

want them back

you can forgive people

but you don’t have to

give them second chances

you are chained

to the past

it’s time to free yourself

you deserve so much more

than what you’ve been given

you owe it to yourself

to give yourself the love

that you’ve misplaced in others

you should have tried harder for her

you should have loved her
when she cared