It took me a year
To see you for you
And not the image
My mind conjured up

It took me a year,
To understand
That you are not
Worth my time

It took me a year,
To realize that I
Did not need you

It took me a year,
To notice that
I was trying to
Make you
Something you weren't

It took me a year
to hear myself
When I talked to you,
Like you were a god

It took me a year,
To grasp that
I cared too much

It took me a year,
To realize that
I was better off
Without you.

- Anna Roy