Better

It took six weeks of crying’

astonished, admonished, in pain

Sleepless and anguished - inexplicable vanquished

Discarded, abandoned and shamed

I heard your words ringing hollow

Contradicting the love that you’d sworn

A logic that I couldn’t follow

And it left me so raggedly torn

You said it was you - but then you vilified me

And lamented the wounds of your past

And the ultimate sadness – insult and madness

came with your disclosure at last

So you never really knew what love was

You gave into your faithless desires

You ran even knowing that running

Is an act that a sickness inspires

And you just can’t relate to this grieving I feel

It’s a burden you’d just rather conceal

And you live with and ancient and deepening shame

Though you point to my words as if I were to blame

It’s so sad that you traded this silver for lead

That you took some stranger into your bed

And you cry that this is just the best you can do

But we both know that this is a lie and that you

Can do better… you can do better

But you won’t even try…

So goodbye.