We thrived in the freedom of our friendship
Flirty smiles morphed into full laughs
Heads tited back, mouths open--
There was delight in our infidelities
The whispered apologies on our lips
were hushed by our own mouths filled with sweet nothings
I held each & every nothing in a locket around my heart
It was sentimental to me because it was all you'd ever given me that wasn't soaked in pain
I clung to every promise that passed those parted pink lips
Devoured the morsels of lies like my just desserts
Because I just deserved to have someone who loves me
Like you do
Like I thought you did
Like you made me believe you did
Leading me right into the thick of love
with no compass or North Star
to guide me safely home
where I sit alone...in the dark
& between shuddering sobs, I reach--
Hands blindly patting the walls, searching
for that switch you used to turn your heart off
Instead, I find your discarded crown
The one I struggled to hold high atop your head
because you refused to wear it on your own
I needed you to be royalty, robed in purple...noble
because that's how I treated you
You were always more than a Queen to me
You were the entire castle...a Kingdom
What a royal flush you turned out to be
But I clung to the perpetual pain you presented me with
Rocking back & forth, like a pendulum
& I hung on, pretending it didn't hurt
Gripping tight, knuckles white
Face pale, sweat shining like diamonds...
Except, it's worth nothing.
Worthless.
Worthless.
The way I saw it, nothing could be worth more
Which is why I compromised everything within me, for you.
I was too busy giggling about your previous chick's insecurities & insanities--
Those secrets you shared about her that should have been silenced
Those secrets you shared about her that should have been silenced
But I listened, too preoccupied in you that I never realized
you weren't to be trusted
I just wrapped all of that in the butterflies you gave me & called it love
Thinking a pretty package could conceal what was real
Maybe I wouldn't have held on so tight, white knuckles & all if you didn't make me all those promises
Premises built on a shaky foundation--
We were destined for failure & I believe you knew that
& used that--
I was pawned in your strategic game of love.
Checkmate. I guess.
I sound bitter as all hell in this piece, but truth be told it's been a few months in the making & at this point--to that love--I'm over it. I'm over the agonizing pain of it. I realized the stupidity that I was succumbing to by being in that relationship. I'm not even mad at said person, I still love this person & always will. Love isn't immature--no matter how irrational it makes you feel at times. And in my own journey through emotional growth, I've learned that even the bad ones teach you something. Lesson learned.
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