Unconditional

For the things you can’t say out loud challenge

By Sean A.Published about a year ago • 1 min read

Is my love unconditional,

Because I expect nothing from you

Or because I expect nothing of you?

I used to hold you in my arms

Now we’re just pleasantries on a screen

When I type “I love you”

It feels like an echo

Of when I truly felt it

Sure, the love is still there

A pea under the mattress

A playlist song always skipped

Never deleted

Nostalgic beats of guilt

Echoing across the chasm

The bridge, frayed and loose,

Sways in the wind between us

High over a shrinking river

Of good memories

It hasn’t burned yet

But we’re both holding matches

A happy guy that tends to write a little cynically. Just my way of dealing with the world outside my joyous little bubble.

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