ALL IT TOOK WAS ONE LOOK

All it took was one look.

Deep into my core, I reached,

I found there was no reason to stay.

The tender love and care was gone,

And with it, the memories of our love gone wrong;

All it took was one look.

The bloom of our love had withered.

I watched as the last petal went with the wind,

I found there was no reason to stay.

The sacrifices I made were fruitless,

My pleas for better were futile;

All it took was one look.

To realize that you didn't love me anymore,

And knowing that I loved you more than you ever could,

I found there was no reason to stay.

I hoped one day you would see,

But in truth, it was left for me to see.

All it took was one look,

I found there was no reason to stay.

—Onwumah Ozed

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