MARTYR

I forgot for awhile

that life was for living

I forgot for awhile

that love was for giving

Love is forgiving

but what happens when ties are severed?

A distant past

A vague recollection

We were young

Romantic

Our kisses soft

Sweet and cruel

Our bodies

Our souls

Our hearts one

A single entity of its own

A force between reckoned with

We were invincible

Indestructible and in love

It is with regret that I say

those memories faded

Somewhere along the way I grew old

I forgot about me

I forgot about us

But you were always there

My heart broken over

and over

I just pretended it was fair

I chose the Martyr

So I did not lose

I was afraid to be alone

without you

I never bargained I'd ever realize

that losing you was never my fear

I lost what let go

Where did I go