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I feel you slipping away
Like you’re deliberately heading out
To swim
Farther and farther into the vast
Comforting expanse of the sea
We both love so much

I’m here to tell you though
There’s no need for that
Really
No need to stage
A subtle
Step by step disappearance
Adorned with little
Not so white lies

You can just come clean
Take responsibility for what you feel
Or maybe actually don’t
That’s the mark of a true man
Being able to own your truth
And strong enough to look
People in the face when
Speaking it

I won’t be broken you know
I’ve been through too much
For that
Being broken by a man
I will just pack up my things
My hesitant hopes and dreams
And go
Simply get out your life
As quietly and serenely
As I entered it

I don’t regret meeting you
I think you were a stepping stone
In the path of my
Becoming
You’ve taught me
I can still feel
I can still want
And that my heart
Does actually shine through
Even if just fleetingly
In the eyes of some

For that I thank you
And I’ll remember your smile
Your green-brown eyes
And cheerful disposition

We’ll see each other again
Maybe
If not in this life
Then in the one
To come
We’ll get to talk and ponder
What was
What wasn’t
What could have been

(2025)

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