it's hard to forgive someone
who has no apologies
who has no understanding
for the pain that they caused.
it's hard to forgive someone
who hasn't asked you to do so
who doesn't need you to do so
in order to carry on.
it's hard to forgive someone
who causes so much grief
who causes so much poetry
that you never wished to write.
it's hard to forgive someone
who gets a hundred songs
who saves all of their tears
when you lose rainstorms every night.
it's hard to forgive someone
who gets to keep their comfort
who had no thing to lose
when you both chose to take a leap.
it's hard to forgive someone
who gets to destroy you
who gets to be defended
by every one that they deceive.
it's hard to forgive someone
who your flesh cannot forget
whose voice your bones remember
like a brand burned on your soul.
it's hard to forgive someone
who clings onto your memories
who keeps you suffocated
even when they've let you go.