Longer than we should have

Hopeful that tomorrow would be better

Holding on to the belief

That broken can be mended

Confident that we would mature

We held on longer than we should have.

 

The sex was great, the chemistry ablaze

The conversations to die for

Mistaking that for love and commitment

Believing that we had it under control

We stayed longer than we should have

 

The changes started gradually,

Therapy didn’t fix crap,

For change is bound to happen

And out of fear, and inability to adapt

We stayed longer than we should have

 

You have to fight for what you love

You can’t just throw it all away

You don’t walk away from people you love

And in the name of love

We fought longer than we should have.

 

And like a project worth millions of dollars

We gave it our all to make us right, good, better, functional

So we could appear in public as perfect

But with all perfect things, a slight flaw hits hardest

And we fixed longer than we should have.

 

As I reminisce about who we were then

It’s a funny truth to accept

That staying longer than we should have,

Messed, broke, tore, damaged us, and in the long run,

Made healing

take longer than it should have.