the person you are waiting for is dead

i gave you chance after chance, piece after piece, until loving you became an act of self-erasure. i gave until i was exhausted. i gave until i barely recognized myself. i gave until you had almost taken the fucking life out of me.

and now you stand at a distance, watching, waiting, hoping?

for what?

i finally chose myself, and that is the one choice you will never be able to undo.