My Final Act of Love

As my final act of love,

I will not let you go

Not without trying.

I will put in every effort

To make you stay,

Just one last time.

I won't pretend

That it doesn't matter to me,

Because it does.

I will show you

How deeply I want this,

Because when I hold someone's hand,

I don't let go easily.

No matter what.

I'll make sure

That no effort is left

Unshown,

No words left

Unsaid,

And no love left

Ungiven.

And even after all this,

If you still choose to leave,

At least I'll know

I didn't lose you

Because I was afraid to try.

I lost you

After loving you

With everything I had.

I will forgive you.

But I wonder,

How will you carry

The weight of this guilt

And live with knowing

That someone loved you enough

To fight for you,

To stay,

To try,

And to give you

Everything they had?

by Anonymous