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I loved you loud, you loved me last

Kept me around like broken glass

Cut me slow, then asked why I bled

Told me I was crazy in my own head

You learned my fears, you learned my weak

Used them whenever you couldn’t compete

You said my name like you owned the sound

Then left me there while you played around

I cried enough, I paid my dues

Now every move I make is mute

No rage texts, no messy scenes

I learned restraint. You taught me mean.

I don’t want you dead

I want you aware

Wide awake at night

Knowing I’m not there

I want my absence

Louder than my love

You don’t get revenge

You get nothing left to love

You’ll see my face in better places

Hear my name from different mouths

I’ll be everything you fumbled

While you’re stuck explaining how

I won’t warn them what you do

I’ll let time expose the truth

I walked away with my control

You stayed the same. That’s the toll.

You thought I’d beg, you thought I’d break

Thought I was easy to replace

But I outgrew you mid-goodbye

And you still don’t know why

I don’t want you dead

I want you aware

Wide awake at night

Knowing I’m not there

I want my silence

Haunting what you touch

You don’t get revenge

You get nothing left to love

I hope you miss me at your best

Not when you’re lonely or a mess

I hope it hits when life is kind

And I’m no longer on your mind

No closure talks, no final word

You lost access, not just the girl

I became the thing you fear

Someone who disappears

No screaming, no karma, no flames

Just me outgrowing your name

You don’t get hate, you don’t get tears

You get erased from my years

I don’t want you sorry

I don’t want your truth

I want you remembering

What you can’t undo

I won’t curse your future

I’ll just live mine up

You don’t get revenge

You get nothing left to love

I loved you once.

That was the crime.

This is the sentence.

Lifetime.