Our relationship was not transparent and clean

We never worked like a well oiled machine

Rather, we were like an organized mess

But it was beautiful nonetheless

An assortment of colors and shapes

Formed through trials and scrapes

That makes something breathtaking

An intentional design there is no mistaking

With just one common thread

Something that went unsaid

That we both put in the work

Without counting like a clerk

Everything was split 50/50

Until that balance got shifty

Until I realized you had never tried

Until I realized we weren’t side by side

Still I thought I could do it alone

Hold it together like I’m made of stone

Because I thought you had my back

But you were the first to attack

That’s when everything shattered

That’s when my blood was splattered

Because the bonds meant to last for life

Are the ones that can cut you like a knife