Sometimes a relationship gets too angry
too dangerous
too toxic.
There is too much history
and too little evidence
that anything can ever get better.

Sometimes the pain
the annoyance
the differences that keep sprouting up
seem insurmountable
and there seems no way out
but out.

Sometimes it’s clear
that the relationship has to end
that a change has to come
and there’s no recourse
but divorce
Sometimes severance is necessary
and good.

That time, that precipice
appears dangerously close now
and is something to strongly consider
but
I am not ready to give up.
Not just yet.