I left you because I stopped having feelings for you.

  I knew I'd appear to be the bad guy in the end,

  But I also knew that I couldn't lead you on knowing we weren't going anywhere.

  People look at me like I'm the coolest person on Earth.

  But behind them is you and the friends I lost after I ended us.

  THEY are the ones telling me that I left because I was bored,

  That I should've stayed even though it had been months since I felt anything.

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  That I left you broken.

  But what if I left because I was broken the whole time we were together,

  And you saw it but chose to look the other way?

  You just assumed that because I smiled when I did it I was happy or thought it was funny.

  You never took the time to realize that I smile to cover up my true feelings.

  I thought I was going to regret leaving you,

  But then I found my feelings for him.

  My best friend who I've had buried feelings for since we met.

  You ignore me because I ignore you,

  He asks what's wrong when I ignore him,

  Because he pays attention.

  You never did.

  You were suffocating me,

  And chose to ignore me when I told you how broken I was.

  So call me the bad guy,

  Say I didn't try to fix us.

  But remember one thing...

  You never knew how I felt until I verbalized it.

  So tell me,

  Did I really not try?