This Is For The Person Navigating Unconditional Love

This is a poem for the people closest to you that have been sacrificing who they really are, specifically in bad relationships. Unconditional love doesn't mean you aren't hurt, it means you stir up the courage to hold them accountable, yet stick with them through it all.

"They Don't Always Go Together"

Here it is, I’m writing this down

But I probably couldn’t say it even if you were around.

And who knows if you are even fully aware

That I feel this void, like we aren’t even there.

My goal is to love unconditionally

But it’s hard when I was constantly the third of three.

I didn’t ask much from you, but what was given felt cheap

I felt like an obligation and it only took a week.

I wasn’t prepared to fall out of touch

But you were consumed by a relationship rushed.

I would tell you about everything, almost every time

But I’d being lying if I said any of your relationships were fine.

Somehow it seems my words, once good

No longer hold value, when to you they always should.

This is the thing that probably hurts the most

Everything felt foreign and you were just the host

I thought that you heard me, but one day you’ll listen

I hate being short, it only causes division.

It’s not out of spite, or an issue with pride

Just wasn’t until today that words formed from inside.

I know I’m somebody who’d allow you to change

That’s why it hurt so much when you forgot to explain.

That’s my role. I want to understand.

Don’t hide things from me; you don’t have to hold my hand.

In times like this, I usually fade and retreat

I’ve tried sending a message, but I always erase and delete.

Now this doesn’t mean I’ll never hit send

But for most anyone else, this would’ve been the end.

I love you. That will never change.

So please make good decisions. We’re attached by our name.

Learn to know when things feel good and when they make you better.

But even more importantly, try to understand they don’t always go together.