Love Poem: I Must Let Go
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Written by: Shahana Jackson

I Must Let Go

I kept falling deeper for you 
but not in the good sense 
I fell into a black hole and I didn't
even get to repent  

I keep trying to live up to your standards
but tonight I have other plans for my life
I'm through with the strife 
I don't know why it took so long
for me to finally let go

Maybe it's because you felt so right
but something so right can be cancerous 
I'm officially wearing the pants in this situation
and I wash my hands with you and this damn anticipation
we never even had relations 
but your voice echoed in my brain
like a radio transmission 

I am in remission 
fighting these god forsaken feelings
that I have for you
I wish I could go back to the days
when I was nobody's fool 
but to go back would mean to never feel
I don't regret the day I met you
I just need these wounds to heal 
to maintain my sanity all thoughts of
you I must seal.

Maybe through this sealed jar
my jagged heart might once again
                         feel