Sometimes, people just don’t take a hint. What’s worse is when those are people you once cared about. This is what the following poem is all about.
Why don’t you leave me alone
I can’t go on like this anymore
You are always depressed
I always cared more than I should
I wanted to do anything I could to make you happy
You always shut me down
You always shut me out
Anytime you needed me
I dropped everything and was there
You confided everything in me
But the one time I asked you to be there for me
You were nowhere to be found
Then I realized how one sided our relationship really was
And how I was keeping it alive by a misguided dream
So I shut you down
So I shut you out
Now you send me letters
Saying things you know you shouldn’t say
Saying things that once would hold sway
Don’t think it’s easy for me to have shut you out
It tears me apart, but I cannot continue like this
Those feelings just didn’t go away
I locked them up since they could never be used
But those feelings you continue to abuse
Leave me alone
My heart’s an open wound
Yesterday has passed and you can’t bring it back for tomorrow
When the truth came out, it hurt too much
I can’t forget that
I can’t let it go
So I have to let you go