Loose Ends Poem by Casey Gochnour

So I'll say, yes it's true, I've become too attached to you,
It doesn't matter what we say all day, or whatever we do,
I needed to fulfill my social needs and I tried to use you.
And although you enjoy talking with me, it can't be all we do.

I love being close with you, I love everything we have, you see,
There's still no one else I'd rather you be with than me.
But I must depart my mind to other places as well, you see,
And I know that's what you've wanted from me.

I had become too addicted to the amazing person you are,
Needing my fix no matter how close or far.
I've needed your kiss, your touch, the beauty that you are,
Never letting you out of my sight, never too far.

But I know that each and every day it can't be the same,
I know there's more than just us in the world, my mind's to blame.
I'm learning to smile once more again, I won't be the same,
Believe in me, Hannah, I won't be the one to blame.

It won't be the same every day, just hear me say,
I have to learn to love apart, just like back in the day.
Remember what you wrote about the crab and how you'd say,
"I admired your courage to love me from afar." remember that day?

The day I read that and realized I'd been doing everything right,
I'd know that I could go to bed at peace every night.
Because at that moment I'd been doing everything right,
And we could sleep together at peace every night.

I feel it now, I feel an overwhelming joy course through my veins,
I'm starting to feel my own being grab hold of the reins.
I'm learning that my actions these months have not been in vain,
For now I've learned to dance in this rain.

My beauty, my love, my Hannah,
You're my world but I must live through my own idea.
I'm right here for you, but I'll be living my own, Hannah,
It finally makes sense to me again.