love me be

a goodbye as complicated as goodbye's go

To come back abroad

abroad from you

and all you made me think I'd do.

From all the love you couldn't feel

and all the tears you made me squeal.

I hate the airport thought of you

and the love I thought was flying too.

Remembering how you used to wait

with that smirk upon your face.

But now you drop me quick and cold.

I wish you well as you grow old.

Now I don't want to watch you age

And hear you talk about your pain.

For all you ever do is yell

and pick the scab that's healing well.

We won't be friends

since you're not kind.

So I won't sacrifice my mind

or what I feel and know inside.

You've taken all you can from me.

Now leave me be

across the sea.

Reviews

[Samantha Tamburello]

This is so heartfelt and raw. I relate to it so much and think it's beautiful and powerful. I almost wonder if you'd consider giving it a stronger ending? It felt as if it ended abruptly and was building to something bigger than that. But wow. Regardless, it is such a true to life poem.