Here I am alone again, with darkness to accompany me as my only friend

Take me back to the night you whispered in my ear

Telling me not to go as I felt your warm, unsteady breath hit my neck

I’ll take myself back to this very spot to try to bring back that night

To where it was just you and me, but not technically


You told me you loved me under that soft, warm light

The same light that attracted me to you

The same light in your eyes that gripped my heart like a vice

But that light burned out a long time ago

The same light that brought us close tore us apart

The seams still tear in my heart, while you tear seams in your bills as you cast

Them away in your purse, just like you cast away me while I fought men I never

Knew for you, doing things I never thought I was capable to do


I’ve got blood under these weary nails

Less comparing to yours with the remnants of his skin cells

Trails of blood on this city street we leave as you smile happily

Amber eyes burn through me with uncertainty




I’m tired of only seeing my reflection in your eyes

I swore to stick this out and you abandoned me

You let me go when I clung too tightly



Hand held happiness has brought us here

It took led ripping through me to realize you did this

When you return to the same light that drew me in

You’ll turn away to find it burnt out

That’s what’s become of me

A legacy of a man I told myself I would never become to be