If Fred had just said:
I do not think there
Is anything wrong with you,
You are perfect
Just the way you are.
Then my heart may
Have thawed out and
I would have considered
That we had a future.
I would have maybe
Forgiven him for all
The times he reminded
Me of the people who
Told him I was not worth it.
Because it was just
Town folk gossip that
Would be ridden over
When the dust settled.
But words failed Fred
When it came to me.
He never fought very hard
To stop me leaving in the end.
I fought so hard to get
Back out into the world.
He saw I was determined
And he saw something
In me that my family
Never attempted to nourish.
And I will give him that.
But there was always something
Holding him back. His
Conflict between what he felt
For me and what others
Had expressed in the past.
If he wasnt willing to
Move on with me then
I would do it alone.