For love I let you go

I wrote this in response to a poem that I had the privilege to watch Lemn Sissay recite last Thursday.  If you haven’t read his work, I would certainly recommend that you do so.

So here it is…

For love I let you go

So you would have things I could never provide

I would have given you love in spades

But on love alone, we can’t thrive.

So don’t tell me I didn’t love you enough

I have an ocean of love just for you

and I carry a void wherever I go

This void in the shape of you