I brag about you
To my friends
My parents
My God
I tell them all
About your beauty
The way you shine
Encourage
Make me whole
Complete
Content
I tell them how
You're the most handsome
With the best smile
Most sincere eyes
And how you're genuine
Real
Helpful
I tell them about you
And how you are
Everything I want

I've decided to ignore everyone today
I'm just so tired of getting in their way
So quietly I will sit, with my red lips zipped
My mind is buzzing but outside is like a crypt

Let memory of my eyes fade from yours
Just lay in bed and listen as the rain pours
It won't be long to forget, I existed in your life
Because after all I would have been a terrible wife

Bottle it up                                                               ­ 
Like tears in an hour glass

Hide it away                                                        
Like the skeletons in the closet

Keep it quiet                                                
Like the secrets between you

Let it build                                          
Those walls around your heart

Cover it up                                
The scars you hid for so long

Ignore it now                    
So it can fester and putrefy

Let it break                              
Even though you swore it wouldn't

Let it be                                              
Even if it's just for the time being

Let it flourish                                              
Because you know it's going to

Give it time                                                          
I promise it's worth the wait

Let it go                                                               ­     
It's not always in your hands

Open it up                                                          
So your wounds can breath

Risk it soon                                                
Because sometimes you need to take action

Take it now                                        
Because not everythings given to you


A delicate balance must be held
Between knowing when to wait
And when you need to work for it.
It's easy to say you cannot control
When you don't know what to do.
Things are given to us, rarely
Without risks you get nothing.
Fear and history make us cautious
But we can't let them control us

Thinking back I realize
The big mistake I made
Lending you my heart and soul
For more than just one day

You were so gentle
When we started out
But quickly turned sour
Towards such a bitter thing

The pain from the fights
The rough words you said
Now I can say I don't miss
Those rotten old days

Your words pierced my flesh
Your screams bled my heart
But I don't need your love
I'm learning strength, alone

So don't come crying
Back to the love we once shared
You just won't find it
It is not even there