you released yourself – saved yourself – forgave yourself
but what you didn’t know, what you never even considered
was that you gave it all to me, you put your pain on my shelf
your final words haunting, lingering, lasting, lettered
they brought your abandoned possessions in brown paper bag
soaked in you and in your thoughtless thoughts
i have mourned you, hated you and loved you all at once
but in the end i let go of my grief
and in that i have set you free
