Better.

I looked for you. 

But when I found you. 

 I changed my mind. 

Not because I didn’t love you. 

I know I love you too much. 

A love, I know would never be satisfied. 

It is all me and not you. 

You are too perfect for me. 

I would disappoint you. 

Not that I wouldn’t try. 

I had to press to get you to look. 

That’s not right. 

So, I’ll walk away leaving my love. 

You deserve better. 

And so, do I. 

 

 

D. Randall Dollaway 

2025 

 

 

Reviews

[Curly Grace]

This reads like someone trying to protect both hearts at once...loving deeply yet stepping back because they fear they’ll never be enough. The quiet ache in these lines lingers long after the ending.

[Randall]

Thank you, Curly Grace. You always have the right interpretation. And sometimes a person finds their life is in pieces, lying all about their feet. They can't write their way out, only exit the best way they know how.

Randall...