It Takes Two to Break a Heart

All of this time you have blamed and resented,

Bitterly smiled cause he never repented,

Trudged through the gray feeling strange and dejected,

Crushed by the knowledge your best was rejected.

Just for a moment he seemed to be yours,

Taking and giving through bars in the doors,

Then came another, and though he still took

Things that you offered, you saw in his look

She had his heart and his mind and his head:

You stayed behind and he ran on ahead.

Shame and devotion and anger and pain

Grip you by turns; you allow them to reign,

Claiming the right of the victim to boast,

Nursing the hatred that's killing its host.

Then through the hide that has grown on your heart,

Truth, cold and clean, pierces you like a dart:

"This is a game that two people must play:

He only took the things I gave away."

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Don't let your mistakes cripple you. Learn from them. ♡