She told me she loved me,
that I've no need to fear.
I believed all the lies
that she breathed in my ear.
I pulled her in close,
closer than anyone before.
I tried not to cry
or she wouldn't love me anymore.
I couldn't hold back,
forever stalked by self-pity-
I wept, and she left.
Translucent comforts pierced through me.
She hates me now,
a bit more every day.
I've not given up yet-
I want her to stay.
Perhaps she will wish,
once I'm hanging lifeless from a tree,
that she'd loved me forever,
as I begged for it to be.