Ms You

Flicking through a batch of photographs
Reflecting memories that once were true
Parading round my mind like empty shards
A life detached and distant now, like you

I saw something and thought of you today
A flashed refraction through my shaded heart
Too bad for me you flew too far away
Too bad for us we grew too far apart

I’m still the same and that’s the point I guess
The reasons that we swapped were fair
It doesn’t pay to let myself depress –
We both agreed that we should leave it there

The box of things you left under my bed
I don’t yet have the strength to throw them out
Those tubes and bottles waiting, not quite dead
Just like those feelings waiting in my heart

A lot has changed around here, since you left
I’ve lost momentum on those things we used to do
Hours now spent socialising out with friends
Because it’s just too quiet for me in this room
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I know the choice we made was right
I know we have to act on what we need
But somehow walking on without a fight
Has made it hard for me to set you free
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