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I hate the way you love me
The way you feed on my misery
Thirsting for my tears and sweat that fall to the ground,
Watering the garden of your ego
I am your accessory
I smile for your convenience
Standing on a pedestal you placed me on to drink freely
On the attention from other men.
I cannot leave you.
You have taken all from me.
I cannot breathe without you.
Yet when you sleep, I am alone again.
You hurt me when you tore down my walls
I cry when you touch me.
I kept you at arm’s length, but you still broke through.
It’s not okay. I’m not okay.
What you have taken from me, I can never give again.
But still you ask for more… more…
I only have but one soul.
Now I am a ghost who sleeps in your bed
A memory of who I used to be and who you tell people I am.