Why?

Heartbreak and despair

Why did you stay so late last night,
knowing the truth was already lodged
behind your teeth?

Why did we sit there,
digging up every buried moment,
every wound, every almost answered question,
as if we were trying to save something
you had already let go of?

Why did you let me spill everything,
my fears, my insecurities,
the soft parts of me I only ever showed you,
knowing you were already gone?

Why didn’t you just say it?
Why didn’t you speak the one sentence,
that would have stopped me,
from hoping, from reaching,
from breaking myself open
for someone who wasn’t mine anymore?

Why did you keep me in the dark,
as I poured out my heart and soul?
Why did you wait for the morning
to finally tell me
you were seeing someone else?


24-11-2025