About Time

It's about time I take it down.

What I cherished at first; I have

grown to resent.

You acted like you could not care

any less,

even as my heart swelled and bled.

I have told you, but I doubt

you will ever know the hold you

seemed to have on me.

You were a mistake

only I would have been

naive enough to make;

and I have paid the price

with my tears.

I am letting you go,

setting you free;

but also setting myself

free.

There is no way you

could have been

worse for me;

so it is about time

I found someone

new.