{"id":3333,"date":"2025-06-24T14:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2025-06-24T14:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:43:17","slug":"dont-hold-me-when-your-heart-is-already-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/dont-hold-me-when-your-heart-is-already-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDon’t Hold Me When Your Heart Is Already Gone\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019ve found someone else,
then please just let me know.
Don\u2019t keep me here when your heart already beats
in someone else\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If by now you\u2019ve discovered someone better for you,
then don\u2019t hold on to me
just to ease your guilt.
Honestly, don\u2019t pretend to love me
just to make yourself feel like the good one.
Because eventually, when I find out by myself,
and I always do,
it won\u2019t just hurt…
it will shatter every part of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides, buying me things
won\u2019t erase the truth you\u2019re hiding.
At the same time, taking me out
while your thoughts are somewhere else
is not love.
In fact, it\u2019s deception
wrapped in temporary affection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you really want to leave then leave.
But before you do, say it.
Say it clearly,
say it honestly,
the way grown-ups should.
Otherwise, I\u2019ll keep building dreams
on the ruins of something you\u2019ve already abandoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t say you miss me
if you haven\u2019t called in days.
Similarly, don\u2019t say you\u2019re hurting
if there\u2019s no evidence you even tried.
Don\u2019t promise me tonight
if tomorrow is already promised to someone else.
And above all, don\u2019t say you love me
unless you actually mean it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lately, I can feel it…
I can feel you drifting.
Your words still live here,
but meanwhile, your heart has moved on.
I\u2019m no longer your center.
Your attention, your affection,
they\u2019ve both found a new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than letting me discover that alone,
just tell me the truth.
Yes, it will sting.
However, the truth will set me free.
It will save us from wasting
our time, our energy, and what\u2019s left of this love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you don\u2019t want this anymore,
I won\u2019t force it.
After all, I can\u2019t keep feeding love
to a heart that\u2019s already full elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know,
the heart eats what it wants.
Therefore, I respect that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All I ask is this:
respect me enough
to say goodbye
before you\u2019re already gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/dOr-CJiW7As?si=jTu7QFlIe6LpuR5M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe Survived What Was Meant to Destroy Us Spokenword<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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If by now you\u2019ve discovered someone better for you,then don\u2019t hold on to mejust to ease your guilt.Honestly, don\u2019t pretend to love mejust to make yourself feel like the good one.Because eventually, when I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,49,34,67,50,61,55,53,22,48],"class_list":["post-3333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-poems","tag-poetess","tag-poetry","tag-preciousowoko","tag-spokenword","tag-spokenwords","tag-stories","tag-story","tag-walkingshadowpoetry","tag-walkingshadowpoetrykenya"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pexels-photo-6669868.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1253&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2711,"url":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/if-you-ever-get-tired-by-walking-shadow-poetry\/","url_meta":{"origin":3333,"position":0},"title":"If You Ever Get Tired by walking shadow poetry","author":"walking shadow poetry kenya","date":"September 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"If you ever get tired of us, if this love starts to fade,Please don\u2019t leave me wondering in the shade.I\u2019m not asking for much, just for the truth,Because silence cuts deeper than any wound. 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