Good-bye Despair

Prompt "You expected to be sad in the fall."

"You expected to be sad in the fall."
You expected the Grim Reaper to call,
You said that your life was a pain,
Happiness you could never attain.

Though I loved you with all of my heart,
Your gloom finally tore us apart,
Love cannot live without light,
It cannot survive depression's blight.

I begged you each day to get aid,
But you were always too afraid,
You thought death lurked outside our front door,
Each night you could hear his roar.

I can no longer live with despair,
I can taste your fear in the air,
Please, forgive my self-preservation,
Leaving you is my sanity's salvation.

Line Count: 16
Form: Quatrains stanzas rhyming abab.