It’s been a while

since I finally accepted

the end.

But my heart still aches

every time I think

of how we ended.

And if I could go back,

I wish I could tell you:

I stayed for so long,

not because I was weak

but because I believed

in the good person in you.

I left, not because

you stopped wanting me,

but because I no longer loved myself by loving you.

Najwa Zebian