Love is a feeble thing,
It knits the glossy strings to my hardened wooden parts
The same wooden parts that you played with like a piper and his flute
You start the show, mindless chatter and fun can’t hurt?
You caress the reigns
Slowly you probe closer, seeping into my core and eventual thoughts
You grasp the reins
You saw a girl, naive and young, yet pained and lonely
You lift the reins
It didn’t help that you were charming, that something about your stare told me fables that I’d end up engulfing
You sway the reigns right
It all felt right, like I had found the south to my north, the stars to my sky, for me the complex raging world we lived in had finally clicked together
You sway the reins back
I was fascinated with you, your look, your style, the way you could sway a woman with just the right set of words
You slowly tilt the reins left
But you weren’t fascinated with me, rather the species of women you slayed with luscious lies laced in sweetness
their curves turned you on and rosemary lips left you thirsty with lust
You pull the reins forward
It didn’t take long for the stars to chart your true nature in the dark abyss that lies over my head, but I was blind by the alluring facade you painted over them
You yank the reins back
Was probing into my past of failed lovers worth it? Was building up my hopes for something new and beautiful worth it, just so you could tear them before my eyes?
You violently twist the reins
How can your personal pleasure be my foolish decievement? Why pluck a rose apart when she’s beginning to blossom?
You shift the reins slowly
The pain of loving what is not yours hurts, but being told it’s yours only to have it burned is unbearable, tasting a drop of water in a blistering desert only to knock the rest into the sand
You tear the reins apart,
But not before I cut the strings
I’m done being your puppet, be it be that I know what feign you are
You can leave me to burn, but not before I pull you into the flames as well
This isn’t my funeral, but rather my baptism
You and the others after you will no longer be
My puppet master.