You Know It’s Time

You know it’s time to give up on him
When you accept he won’t love you back.
When the only hand he reaches for is hers,
And all you feel is all you lack.

You know it’s time to give up on him
When her name’s never far from his voice.
When you know, despite how things could have been,
You will never be his choice.

You know it’s time to give up on him
When the hurt dulls to background pain.
Knowing that he’ll spend his life with her,
Means you’ll have to do the same.

© M K Lee