Toxic Love

Because no matter the cost, I loved you through the storm, But you gave me nothing but pain. My eyes hazy with unshed tears for you, And my heart heavy with hurt by you, I walked away. I didn’t know it then, but I know it now. That you were the reason my soul never seemed to smile, And you were the cause my heart never truly felt at peace. I was at war with myself. Should I battle my love for you, Should I battle myself for loving you? I never knew, Because at the end of the day, I didn’t matter, not for you anyway, Neither did what I held for you. I let you break me, Thinking that you will put me back together, But you broke me in such a way that even the angels could do nothing but watch. So, I left you. I left you and I walked away, And I have never felt such an immense calm before. I don’t regret it, leaving you that is. And now I know that love never comes without consequences, Some we are willing to take, some we are not. Because life is not a fairytale.