IT WASN’T ENOUGH

we were no match for each other

incompatible, they said

different; it was very evident 

but they didn’t know 

they didn’t know even before they condemned

that we saw something in each other what we most craved for

he sought freedom, I desired safety

showed him a new world, and he held me on nights I craved love and safety

it was pure 

in the silence that covered us on dusks, we would be one; free and in love

but we were also aware of the outside world 

the little cracks of our mismatch would show on days we didn’t like each other as much 

I knew I would hurt him, despite not meaning to 

he was innocent, and so was I 

after all, we were two young souls seeking to understand life through the other

we weren’t strong enough to hold on to the precious between us 

in the end, it shattered never to be put back together as one

he loves me; he will always have a piece of my heart 

maybe in another world, we make it

maybe it’s enough.