Scented candles dying down
Acts of kindness turn to remnants
Empty spaces fill the cork board
Some are still up left as penance

Sometimes baby steps are not enough

Sending emotional checks out
And they're bouncing back and it checks out
Insufficient funds can't pay out
Empty promises of breakups

Sometimes baby steps are not enough
To bridge a gap
Baby steps could be the cause
These legs are not grown
They can't carry us both

Falling down my recent contacts
It's your birthdays and I won't text
Problematic third acts
I can't rewrite
To break up and yet feel alright