"You"

    My friends tell me, "He's not worth the tears, so forget him."

    But it's not that easy

    Every picture

    Every smile

    Every look you give her

    You used to give to me

    And I on myself, on those restless nights,

    Thinking

    "What did I do wrong?"

    "Was I not good enough?"

"Not pretty enough?"

"Was I just not enough?"

    And then, sometimes,

    I find myself looking,

    Reading

    Those text messages

    And looking

    At those old photos of us, you, me,

    That my friends have told me

    I have told myself

    Countless times

    To delete

    But just can't bring myself

    To rid myself of that last very existing proof

    That you were once mine

    And I once yours,

    Crying,

    Wondering,

    Then sitting in silence.

    My façade hides my true emotions well,

    But not well enough to hide

    From the person who should matter most

    ME.

    That wall that sits

    Ruined

    Cracked

    Crumbling

    Torn down by one soul

    Trying to be rebuilt.

    Seconds

    Minutes

    Hours

    Days

    Months

    All pass

    And maybe for a week

    That façade can fool me

    And my heart, head, will be temporarily fixed

    But doesn't lasts

    It can't last

    Because it's missing the one thing that has a chance of fixing it,

    You.