All our wasted potential
All our wasted potential
stares back at me
I whisper to myself
“dont ruin this”, let it be
I have a tendency to self sabotage
so I try not to fall apart
but you’re disappearing more
as the spiral in my head grows and grows
You were my muse, my lifeline
turned into a footnote
merely a habit,
as I watch you standing by
Our happy memories look at us with pity
my love, we got lost, we got lazy
we stopped believing in serendipity
You weren’t wrong
and I wasn’t right
we never worked enough to resolve a fight
bottled up emotions
and miscommunications
too scared to leave
we always kept quiet
we watched us burn slowly night after night
A lifetime of conversations turn into awkward silence
Eyes that once lit up when I walked into the room
barely seem to recognize me anymore
You and I both wonder “oh what could we be”
As all our wasted potential
stares back at you and me.
