this infection

between the silences, there is an echo
of all the things we never said.
it just goes to show

how fucked up in the head
you would have to be to love
someone who loved someone else instead.

i face the obligations of
a regular life
and i am sick of

the lows that come with the highs,
the mood swings,
and how you lied

about so many things.
i cried
because you never gave me your ring.

you said you would die if i died
but you lied. you didn't even try.