A Fool's Pretense Poem by iceberg Operario

it's not that i'm giving up,
i just knew how defenseless i am...

it's not that i won't fight for you,
but somebody else has already won you over...

it's not that i am leaving,
i just knew i could never stay...

it's not that i don't think of you,
i just can't afford the thought that you could never be mine...

it's not that i don't miss you,
i just knew i could never be with you...

it's not that i don't want you,
it's just that i could never have you...

it's not that i can't stay,
but i don't wanna say goodbye someday...

it's not that i don't want to hold you,
i just knew i could never learn to let you go...

it's not that i don't love you,
i just missed the chance to show you how much i do...

it's not that i am hiding,
i just don't want the world to see me dying...

it's not that i have stopped loving-
i just don't know how to stop my heart from breaking...


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