Over You Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I almost lost myself.
Over you.
No eating or rest did I get.
Over you.
I began to lose direction.
Caring less about my own footsteps.
Neglecting the making of them.
With every excuse I could use,
To permit you to do this...
As an exception I allowed.

Felt feelings I kept would blind my vision.
Indecision replaced,
My ambition focused on a mission to complete.
I would find more time,
Just to have you occupy my mind.
To repeatedly slow my forward pace to forsake it.
With a giving it a task more procrastinated.

I almost lost myself.
Over you.
And then one day I knew,
I had to move on.
Like you had done...
Many sunsets and dawns that have gone.
To leave this with me to remember...
Not a moment did you hesitate to offer explanations.

I almost lost myself over you.
And then one day I realized with it known,
How easy it was for you to have shown...
Forgetting what we meant to each other,
Had already been forgotten the moment you left.
To leave me hoping with a holding of my breath,
You would return expressing regret.