all of those nights you would beckon
me to your side and force me
into things I only saw happening
in my worst nightmares

your cooing
your touching
the hatred that would flame
from my eyes because I knew

this was your game
and you only used
used me for attention
it broke me down

and I won't be broken again
I won't allow it
now that you're gone
gone from my life

the mistake was to let you in
let you corrupt me
and hurt me
but now I sent you away

and you're gone
gone from my memories
gone from my life
gone

- J.S.