Please put it away.
Just give it up.
Do you see the tears falling from my face?
Each one glistens as bright as your perfect little liquor.
Mom said to forgive you.
I did you see,
But you keep adding to your list of broken promises and stinging words
That you chuck at me.
Please throw them away.
Just give them up.
I let you hug me last night
When you cried and apologized to me
Tears swelled up in your eyes and soaked into my sweatshirt.
Please throw your crying act away.
Just give it up.
Because
I already forgave you
For when I was 3 and you hurt mommy and me.
I already forgave you
For when you made me think my life was about to end at the age of 10.
I already forgave you
For when I was 17 and you made me drop to my knees and painfully sob my chest out.
I already forgave you.
I wanted your love for the longest time
But now there's a numbness
That grows more and more
From each heart ache
You place in my life.
I already forgave you,
It's just these images
And feelings of fear
Are stuck in my head.
I just need to put them away.
I just need to give them up.
Images in my head... A picture really does last longer.