Nothing...

Is ever so bad or so far gone, that, if we want, we can't bounce back from it. 

I misread your signs

Thought it was me

but it wasn't

Thought you still cared

but you don't

Thought I could pretend

but I can't

I was wrong 

so many times over

but I am coming back

Stronger than ever

wishing you the best

wishing you the worst

Harboring a hope 

for my own future

Getting myself up off the ground

Shaking myself free

I held your esteem

higher than my own

and I'm done.

That little feeling in my stomach?

Turns out it's love.

I have your attention

but not your respect

I have your best interest at heart

though you probably object.

I just can't go on

unless it's with myself.

I'll own up to what I need

and find my own way

Eventually, I'll find happiness

but on my own terms

So many things I wish I could say

but you already know

you already understand.

There's no turning back the clock

there's no magic key

that could open a door 

on a new room for us.

I wish we could have recovered, 

but it wasn't meant to be.

It wasn't your job to fix me, 

yet I wanted us to both be whole

So i'll be here on my own, 

and you'll be set free.