My First Attempt at a Villanelle.

Letting Go.

You’ve changed, I’ve changed, and life is changing too.
This bond has shifted painfully, the old I’ll surely miss.
But letting go is another way of saying I love you.

I tried to make it work, to start this all anew
Yet found my efforts futile when things went all amiss.
You’ve changed, I’ve changed, and life is changing too.

You couldn’t understand or even see at all my view.
The best that I can do and reason on this is-
That letting go is another way of saying I love you.

You wear a pair of blinders, going on without a clue.
We cannot live within this false pretense of bliss.
You’ve changed, I’ve changed, and life is changing too.

To leave would take its toll on me, however hard to do.
I’ll bind my heart with bleeding rags and leave behind your kiss,
For letting go is another way of saying I love you.

This is a failing, dying bond that we cannot renew.
And if I’ve learned one thing in my life, let it be this:
That you’ve changed, I’ve changed, and life is changing too.
And letting go is just another way of saying I love you.