Lose myself to love you

I changed

in little ways

at first—

smiled when I wanted to cry

agreed when my heart said no

forgave

what should have been unforgivable

I bent

so he wouldn’t break

and every time

I told myself

this is love

but love

should never ask

you to become

someone else

the last piece

he wanted me to give

was the last piece

that was still mine

and in that moment

I knew—

if I gave him that

there’d be

nothing left

to come back to.

don’t lose yourself

trying to keep

someone else whole.