You were a rot in my bones
You were a poison in my veins
The hooks that took hold
And then pulled me away
Your voice was like a shadow
Cast over my grave
The way you’d twist my words
The way you’d manipulate
I hung on your mood
Seared it onto my brain
But you were cruel
And I lived inside that pain
So I took the empty mementos
Those reminders of you
I took every picture you painted
That still asked me to believe you
And I put them to the flame
I wrote you one last message
I poured you into that page
I consigned you to the fire
I was looking for catharsis
A cure for your apotheosis
A denouncement of your empire
I was trying to burn away
The version of you
I had made sacred
Love is not enough to reopen that door
To let the obsession take hold
You aren’t welcome back here
Though part of me wishes you were
I miss you
You loved me
I loved you
You hurt me
I hurt you
You were a poison in my veins
You were a rot in my bones
You were everything that made me come undone