niceties

the key for me was recognizing
that it no longer was what i thought it was,
or how i liked it, or wanted it to be ...
not all of it, anyway.

which is not to say, it's good or bad or worse --
just not for me, not right now, no longer,

which is not to say, i don't understand or can't
just not mine, and probably never was,

which is not to say, i made a mistake or you did --
just that it was good to have tried:

so; thanks.