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It happened so gradually that it was a surprise to me even,

That I had changed.

Somewhere along the line,

I slipped away from "us", and became me again.

But a different me.

I am growing and living and realizing the person that I am,

And want to be.

For a long time that person has been hidden,

And assimilated into you.

But now I have her back again,

And I don't know why.

I let myself slip gradually away,

From you.

Although it hurts more than anything,

I'm glad.



But I'm a coward.

I've been changing for some time now,

Little by little.

I could not tell you.

I could not tell myself.

I would not accept the idea of losing our past.

But I know now that my future needs saving,

And that I must let go,

Of you.

My love for you is still strong,

But I am beginning to think,

That love is not what I need right now.

We were so wrapped up in eachother,

That we lost ourselves.

I don't ever want to lose myself.

I am still growing and learning.

I've got a long life ahead of me to live,

And you know what?

I want to live it.

I want some independance.

I'm so young and I have so many mistakes ahead of me to make.

I want to make them.

I want to learn from them.

You may think that I'm just afraid of commitment.

You're right.

Forever is a long time,

And I'm not prepared to deal with that just yet.

I don't want to be married right now,

Not to anyone.

The problem isn't you, it's me.

And I honestly mean that.

You have not changed,

I have.

I am the reason for all of this,

It is my fault, and I feel guilty.

It kills me that you will hurt from this,

But I need to do it,

For me.

I will love you forever,

Even after you hate me for this.