Goodbye, my love

Loving you is all I know
It’s been my life, my all
The central piece of my whole existence
Having you in my life, as a lover, as a friend
Makes the emptiness I often feel,
Just a little better

Loving you, I can’t explain why I do
I know that I always have and maybe always will
It’s become part of who I am,
Part of the air I breathe, the life I live
I can’t picture a world where you and I,
Aren’t together, in some way

But my love for you has become a burden
I can no longer bear
It threatens my sanity, my relationships, my heart, my life
I knew the end would eventually come
You saw it earlier than I did
But best I see it now, than never at all

We’re not meant to be, are we?
Not as friends, and not as lovers
To be with you, around you, near you,
Is too painful to endure
To be without you at all
Is too excruciating to comprehend
But the time has come to make a choice

It breaks my heart to let this go
It will hurt for years to come
But on this day, without any fanfare, without debate
I must, must wholly and completely let you go
On this day, I must dig deep for the strength and the will to move on
It’s truly time to say, goodbye, my love, goodbye