In the End...

I loved them with a heart unmasked,

THEY wore smiles like borrowed pasts.

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I gave balm and bravery whole,

THEY just leaned and left me cold.

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I arrived with moonlit grace,

THEY vanished—no final embrace.

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I was rain, a steady stream,

THEY were smoke inside a dream.

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I stood still as silence grew,

THEY found warmth in someone new.

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I called—only silence answered,

THEY opened doors to newer names.

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I offered soul and reverence,

THEY sought ease, not depth.

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I gave everything—still,

THEY found someone else.

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I dimmed while they chased light,

THEY danced in suns I birthed from night.

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I was ribs rehearsed in pain,

THEY took bows in love’s refrain.

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I held space through every fall,

THEY forgot I gave it all.

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I was nectar, lullaby,

THEY were weather passing by.

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I was magic, deep and wide,

THEY chose thrill where hearts can hide.

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I will scroll through smiles once shared,

THEY will seem like they once cared.

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I will ache, but still remain,

Not for peace—but strength from pain

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I will stand—not untouched,

But unbroken, still in bloom.

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I will remember, NOT erased—

Only faded, softer now.

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I was love in quiet ink,

I was love THEY could hardly hold.

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And no matter how much I gave—

In the end, I'd be REPLACED.