i should have loved you more

do you remember? the day you told me 

you would always love me more than i loved you. i thought 

it was a term of affection, i thought it was your way

of telling me you would be by my side 

forever. now i know, 

i should have loved you more. 

do you remember? the day when i gave you

a bookmark for your birthday and you carried it 

with you everywhere. 

you didn’t even like reading.

i should have loved you more. 

do you remember? the day you told your friends 

that “to be loved is to be seen”. you knew 

things about me that would send 

everyone running, but you stayed 

as long as i let you. 

i should have loved you more.