Together & Apart

you tell me
you must leave me
others have told you to

and i listen
and somehow try to let you go
you show up somewhere else
that i can see

sending me messages
and thoughts about your life
holding me in limbo
because you know i won't reply

even though my heart still
wants to open that door
i cannot allow myself to
do that anymore

i don't know how long
it will take for you
to realize you can't
hold on this way

you want me to go
yet you find ways to stay
lingering on the sidelines
penetrating my life
with your words

i don't think you realize
what that does to me
or maybe you do
yes, i believe you do

cause no matter how hard
i try, i can't stop
thinking about you

why you decide to stay
in my life this way
is making it so hard
to let you slip away

you don't know,
I read the words you say
trying desperately not to
respond to you

but, there has to be a reason
you can't quite let me go
and here you are again
sharing, pulling me

to you, making it so
hard to stay away