You Have Given Up On Me Poem by Justin Fitzpatrick

You have given up on me
I know you have
I see it time and time again
You have given up all hope
Yet you still are my friend
And I see pity in your eyes
When you see where I am
And time and time again
I have let you down my friend

You have given up on me
And I understand why
I understand the misery
I understand the cries
I understand the heartfelt prayers
You have heard my mournful ‘whys? ’

You have given up on me
And any future I may have had
You given up that I will be happy
You just know all that makes me sad
Why you still befriend me?
That is knowledge I wish not to understand

You have given up on me
You know how I see the world
As a hurtful and lonely place
And though you say there is room for me
And that one day I will find my way
In my head I know it not to be
Day after abandoned day

You have given up on me
You are the best thing to me
Unfortunately you are not enough
Enough to let content seep in
Enough to let happiness become free

You have given up on me
You know I do not see myself a man
You know I see myself as nothing
As low as one think he can
Yet you still confide in me
Even when you know I cannot stand
For you make me try to feel normal
The last thing that I would ever understand


You have given up on me
For you know I have as well
You know that all that I imagine
I have created within my own hell
You know more about me
Then I will ever comprehend
And that is why I wished
Deep down in my soul
That I could live just off of you
My friend