Breathe

Your words echo over and over in my ear
“I’m happy where my life is here
I don’t miss the way we used to be at all”
The words slap my face and mark my heart

Everything we once were
And everything we were supposed to be
Has been erased
In front of my eyes

With those simple stinging words
My heartstrings pull
In every which direction
And you are my puppet master

You know how to keep me hooked
Like a fish on a lure with no where to go
You wear your halo for everyone to see
But your horns shine through in my dreams

In time I will get over you
I don’t need you to let me go
I can do it on my own
And you will miss me

Maybe these are words that I need to hear
To help me get over
The thought of us
Why does that thought fancy me?

Maybe your words are what you need to hear
To help you get over
The thought of us
Why does that thought not fancy you?

You tormented me with your lies
And your cheating
But still I catch fire when our eyes meet
Still I catch fire

The day will come that you will catch fire,
You will be burned
I hope the scars don’t last long
As long as the scars that I carry
The scars that I desperately seek to hide

Your seductive ways still linger in my mind
You knew when to use me
You knew when to chew me
You knew when I was done...
Used up like a tasteless piece of gum
Spit me out

The easy silence you introduced
We shared together
Appreciated together
Now my silence is tainted
With mad thoughts of you
My music is tainted
By memories longing for you

My tears are running dry
My body stiff
My heart a little colder
My eyes a little sadder
These are my pieces
My parts
And you can’t have them.
They are mine and mine alone
Mine to share,
Mine to keep
Mine to take back.

I may be dried up and useless and unlovable
But it will rain
My body will be quenched
And I will love and be loved again
And all my dried up and useless and unlovable parts will flow to the sound of my favorite song