Your eyes are terrible he once said

And I focused on him

With the focus I gave to my birthday candles

Such deep feelings could not be ignored

Such a mess I was

And so into it I didn’t realize then

No warnings could be given

He felt misunderstood and taken for granted

He felt betrayed and used

On the day he left

He cried all over the ocean

The tears of a decade

Never stopped loving you

Love has changed

But never stopped

It’s been taken to a different level

Your happiness is my happiness

And your laughs, though I cannot listen to them

Are my laughs

Not a lover.

Not and acquaintance.

But part of me, my history.

More than I thought it would be possible

I have you.