Untrusted Acquaintances

I'll save my tears for shallow rivers.

My precious breaths won't be
spent on second chances.

Untrusting acquaintances play
me like a broken record.
Scratching, gathering dust in a corner.

I'm standing on edge,

just give me the final push.
Let me fly off into the sky,

feel free for just a moment.
I don't want to be the
knot in the rope.

Being tugged,

roughened and growing weaker.
Let me have the satisfaction

of walking away.
You won't treat me like a stranger.
I'll pretend I'm just a shadow of the sun.

I won't crawl into the

cracks of desperation.
I'll throw away unneeded apologies.

You burned your last bridge.
You'll never walk into my dreams.

You'll miss out on the

purest of friendships.
It's all on your shoulders.

I tried, I tried.
You thought I'd
always come back.

I'm moving onto

greater memories,
miles away from the broken

soul that once was me.
Away from the person
you used to be.