We barely knew

Each other through

When you asked me to be yours

I said I love you as I bid ado 

to friends and family and others 

We had been together for a week

when you got down on one knee

and boy was i naïve 

we had a wedding at school

you said you'd never love a new 

we even traded rings 

it was adorable the way I fell

We never really talked 

I was scared to say how I felt

even though I thought I loved you

we grew distant 

as I was scared

of the heavy feelings I bared

I finally found the courage to say

I wanted more 

but before I could say,

you looked away

and said you didn't love me anymore

We still sit together in classes 

the teacher hasn't changed the seats

all that's there is empty silence 

while our friend laughs and jokes and plays

Occasionally we lock eyes

and it makes me think you told a lie

maybe you do love me

and you were scared as i was

but now I am free, 

free to be me 

I am not in my cage 

and now I can age 

at my own rate

I have finally healed the hole 

that had been left in my heart

but not from you,

but from me and what I had been through