It’s good to acknowledge how hard this is
How my heart will never let go
Of its grip around you and yours
It’s good to acknowledge I can’t do this
Let someone into the wreckage
You created and I upheld
It’s good to acknowledge the eternal hurt
Inflicted by words that turned into wounds
Caresses that evolved into chokeholds
It’s good to acknowledge the bitter sweetness
Of your visits in my dreams at night
Telling me it’s not yet time
That we both have things to do and other people to love
It’s good to acknowledge the ache of longing
Knowing I’ll never not believe
In you and the two of us