People you love will leave
It’ll hurt and you’ll cry
Your brain will have
A million things to say
You’ll blame yourself
Wish you could have done better
Wish you could have changed
Wonder what you could have done
But babe
If you loved them and you tried
If you were there for them
If you were honest with them
If you listened to them
Gave them what you said you could
Then it’s not your fault
When they want what you can’t give
When they change the rules
When they refuse to listen to you
You didn’t love wrong
Love isn’t a guarantee
Doesn’t make people stay
So let them go
And use that love
Where it’s needed
Because it is needed
Even if only for a season
And maybe when people leave
That’s love too
Maybe you deserve better
Maybe your love deserves better
And there are plenty of people
Who want, need, crave
Your kind of love
HASTYWORDS 
Some who come into your life will be loved,
But time may tell,
Or time may come
That love needs a distance
Or a silence
In which it need not die
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
HASTY – They don’t all stay.
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Thank you for this lovely poem. I just buried my husband of 50 years yesterday, and this just felt ‘right’.
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Gosh I’m so glad. I was thinking of all the ways people leave and sometimes it’s not because they walked away. Hugs my friend.
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Thank you
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Wow! What an Awesome post – Bellissimo!!! The most complete and beautiful coverage from A-Z of When People Leave – I’ve ever read! 😊💕🌹
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Thank you 🙂
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Always a joy and pleasure to read and share great posts with followers, My Dear! Hope you have a great day!! 😘💕🎁🌹
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