Deceptive Heart

Toss my heart upon the floor

Broken shards are all that remain.

So sick and tired of your empty refrain.

My brain,

It screams at me to slam the door!

How much more pain must I endure?

You endlessly lie.

Always deny.

Even while staring into my tear-filled eyes.

You say I'm a prize?

Yet all you do is cause a divide.

Inside, I feel like I've died.

You've smothered my soul.

You're out of control.

My hope,

It no longer blossoms and blooms.

Withered to a thread

It lays tangled and cold.

Battered.

A sad thing to behold.

Without hope,

Finally pushed to the end of my rope.

Aching and silently screaming

Inside my head,

I can't even escape while I'm dreaming.

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Now you're leaving

And I can finally feel myself breathing.

Chest heaving.

As I stare, still somehow disbelieving.

You and that heart so cold,

Always cheating.

The mistruths you sold?

So endlessly bold.

Now relief washes over me.

With it? Perfect clarity.

All this time, I thought our love was a rarity.

Thought you were a flashlight,

Here to help me in the dark,

But all along, you were just a gaslight

Sent here to extinguish my spark.

Tonight I'll turn up my flame.

Forget your name.

You and I? We were never the same.

You will never be tame.

As for me? I only have my deceptive heart to blame.

Although you are the one who should be filled with shame.

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