I held the pen with trembling hands,

The ink like tears on dotted lines.

Every letter spelled "The End,"

But my heart still called you "Mine."

They say love’s supposed to fight,

But how do you fight the wind?

When the one you’d die to keep

Is the one who wants to leave.

I memorized the way you breathe,

The way your laugh would fill the room.

Now I’m learning how to grieve

A love that ended way too soon.

I signed my heart away today,

Even though I loved you more.

Gave you the key, walked out the door,

While my soul stayed on the floor.

You were my always, my "never enough,"

Now I’m just dust in the wake of your love.

I’ll pack my things in cardboard boxes,

Leave behind the ring you gave.

Funny how a piece of paper

Can turn a home into a grave.

Do you ever lie awake,

Missing what we used to be?

Or am I the only one

Drowning in this memory?

I signed my heart away today,

Even though I loved you more.

Gave you the key, walked out the door,

While my soul stayed on the floor.

You were my always, my "never enough,"

Now I’m just dust in the wake of your love.

Maybe one day you’ll look back,

See the cracks, the breaks, the bends.

But I’ll just be the ghost who loved you,

Right up to the bitter end.

I signed my heart away today,

But I won’t fade into the dark.

Someday I’ll love again,

Someday I’ll mend these scars.

You were my storm, my "almost home,"

But the broken roads still lead somewhere unknown.

So I’ll let you go like autumn leaves,

And trust that spring will come in time.

The love that broke me won’t define me—

Maybe my best love’s still ahead in this life.