Jocelyn Theresa Cook Poet Rhyme

Not Mine to Begin With

Not Mine to Begin With

I fought for love, but love should not be war,
each day I bled, yet you asked for more.
The moment her eyes caught your wandering gaze,
I vanished, erased, lost in the haze.

Deleted calls, messages that hide,
truth tucked away on the other side.
I tried to be enough, I gave my all,
but shadows grew taller, and I grew small.

If love is real, it does not sneak,
it does not falter, it does not leak.
It stands in the open, steady and true,
not a secret game played between two.

So I stop the fight, I lay it down,
no longer chasing what cannot be found.
If she can claim you with such ease,
then you were never truly mine to seize.

I hope she holds what I could not,
but I walk away with lessons wrought.
Love is not begging, nor fading away,
it’s choosing myself at the end of the day.

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Alison A Smith nee Howarth August 4, 2026 at 6:34 AM No love is pure if you loose love of your self.

Jesse Rowe August 4, 2026 at 5:41 AM Sad but poignant words. Well written. Sometimes we lose what once was good So we might something better find.