Wither

Can love wither away

The more you try to reach it?

Will it feel fatal 

To learn to let go

To know my effort 

Will never be enough;

Or will it be relief 

To give back to myself 

What I gave to you

That went unappreciated.

Have I been foolish 

In convincing myself 

To diminish my needs 

In the name of love?

Have I lost my own sight

Of what it means to love

In proving my love to you?