I Failed You

I see your pictures… all the nights you stayed,

All the love you gave, every debt you paid.

You gave me everything, even when I was cold,

And I… I never saw the gold I held.

Every warning, every tear you cried,

I let the best love slip quietly by.

I spoke in pride when I should’ve spoken love,

Turned your heartache into wars I never rose above.

I made you small, clipped the wings you spread,

And I didn’t know what I had until you left my bed.

I lost you…

I didn’t know what I had until you walked away.

You loved me harder than I ever deserved,

And I let it fade while I stayed.

Every touch you offered, I let go to waste,

Every chance to hold you, I erased.

I loved you in glimpses, but I never stayed,

And now I see every single way I betrayed.

You gave your all… and I… I didn’t see,

Until you walked, and it hit me fully—what you were to me.

I turned your care into my cage,

Made your heart fight while I stayed in my rage.

Every doubt you had about yourself, I fed,

Never realizing I was the weight on your head.

You stopped defending me, stopped the fight,

And I see now… that peace was your right.

I see you standing in the glass I broke,

Not the girl I wanted, but the love I never spoke.

I carried pride while you carried us,

And now I face the ruin I caused with my own disgust.

I lost you…

I didn’t know what I had until you walked away.

You poured more love into me than I deserved,

And I let it fade while I stayed unnerved.

Every word, every touch, every time I failed,

I watch it now, and the truth unveiled.

I loved your heart… and I let it go,

Now I see everything I’ll never know.

I didn’t leave because love was gone,

I left it lying there while I held on wrong.

I broke your heart that gave me the sun,

And now I burn in shadows of what I’ve done.

I never knew how bright your light could shine

Until it left me… and I lost what was mine.

I lost you…

I didn’t know what I had until you walked away.

You gave everything, and I let it decay.

Some goodbyes aren’t loud—they’re quiet screams,

And I hear them now in all my shattered dreams.

I’ll carry the weight, but I’ll never replace

The love I destroyed, the hurt I can’t face.

I loved you… and I lost the only one

Who ever gave all she had… and I let it run.

Yeah…

I didn’t know until you were gone.