Snippets of Color

you let go

Time after time
tears come flowing through the doorway
countless pieces of your broken heart
lay shattered on the floor
You've tried so hard to pick them up
and put them back together again
But your hands started to bleed
so you finally decided to let go

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Once upon a time
you thought you met the one
He had music in his head
warmth in his hands
You thought he was perfect
(we all thought he was perfect)
and you fell hard into his arms
For a while it was good
you had life in your eyes
electricity in your touch
You thought he was the one

until he started to slip away

His love started to grow cold
but you stayed to try and warm it up again
You gave all your warmth to keep him by your side
and you didn't even notice you were freezing until he left again

You realized long ago
that this wasn't working out
You could feel the love being drained
but you couldn't stop it
You gave everything you had
but he just brushed it off
You realized long ago
that this wasn't what you needed
but you still kept giving and giving
Maybe some part of you
was hoping you could fix it
That if you gave enough
the hole between you two would be filled
and he would finally be able to give it all back
But deep down you knew
that there was no fixing it
He was too broken, too controlling
it took you a while to realize he was the one
that was destroying everything you gave him

But even when you found out
you still stayed

Maybe it was the memories
you were more afraid of losing them
than losing him
You were afraid of losing the rhythm, the beat
You thought if you lost the memories
you would lose a part of yourself
Little did you know that staying with him was making you lose
both yourself and the memories

All you need to do is let go
you're hanging onto the tightrope
with nothing but your bare hands
He's just standing there, watching you
daring you to fall
but knowing that you won't
He may have been able to make you stay before
but you can see the cuts starting to form
from hanging on so tight

And with one single breath
you let him go.

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I'm proud of you
What you did wasn't easy
But you did it anyway