Doubt

There are so many things
I love about you.
Your intelligence,
your drive,
your kindness,
and compassion.
Your loyalty,
your passion,
your smile,
and your laugh.
But your doubt
is killing me.
We say we love each other
and I think we do.
But so many times
you ask a question
that I never seem to answer
well enough.
And we fight for hours
with no resolution.
The next day always seems better
but one day it won’t be.
It will just be more of the same
from the night before.
One day you will leave
and you may not miss me
once you are gone.

This tiny little relationship

We have moments
where we’re at odds,
but we never have moments
where we’re not in love.
We get hurt,
but we don’t hurt each other.
We want so much
for our tiny little relationship
to work.
None have worked before
for either of us.
Somewhere along the way
we gave up on them
for reasons
only we really know.
But this tiny little relationship
is different.
We know it and
neither one of us
will ever give up.