…and I
didn’t love you
the way you wanted me to
didn’t love you
right

didn’t love you
as much as you needed me to
didn’t love you
enough

didn’t love you
with all of me
not
unconditionally

But I
did
love you
in every way I was capable of
and
with all of me I had to give

which wasn’t
all
of me
but
enough

which is to say
I love myself
enough
to know when you’re
asking
too much

and you don’t
love yourself
enough
if you’re honest don’t
love yourself
at all

and you do deserve
to be loved
by someone
who

needn’t hurt
to
love you.