The Bested

I had every intention of making you happy and making you believe that you were somebody

you weren't

I had everything planned out for us so that we didn't have to worry about anything

save for taking care of each other

and then I sat on the edge of a quarry

and I envied the Sun because it was so far away from this

and I dangled my feet because it felt good to lose control of something

and then---

I had the sinking sensation that you were possessionless