A day must come
when you realize; that some person would rather destroy you,
or destroy the image of you they hold in
their mind, so they can feel as good as they need to
about what they did to you and asked of you
when they refused to give up
the habit, belief, chemical
or harmful social connection
that was ruling their life
and made the choice to serve that
over their health and your well being. "Maybe someday", is all you can say
Detach with love and
get some distance is all you can do
Anything else is to fall into the same trap in which they toil
and you'll end up alienating yourself and others
just as they did to you
while you're trying to hang on to them