How To Lose (OctPoWriMo2014)-Day 18

We tend to think we know someone

And then they go and surprise us

But I'm also not stupid

And I know about loss

How to lose

When it's already gone

When it's slipping away

So don't tell me I'm imagining things

You say you want it back to the way we were

But we both know it's not possible

You did too much

I did too little

There's not enough to hold on to

But you don't want to let go

And last night I found someone

Because for the past few months you have too

And now you're sorry

But I know about loss

How to lose

When it's already gone

When it's slipping away

And you're already through my fingers...

I gained inspiration from page 127 of my first novel, A Tragic Heart. On this page my main character is going back to the life she thought she wanted only to realize that it's already lost and there's not much else she and her partner can do to salvage it. Sometimes it isn't worth it. Instead of choosing select words I found inspiration from the entire page. Here's a picture of the page: