you did love him once, didn't you?
made your own gilded bed, didn't you?
didn't see the pretty chains slipping around your throat, did you?
he asked if you were sure, and you said yes, didn't you?

didn't you.


he would like you to break.
those silly dreams he would take
to pieces.

and give you something else back
maybe not entirely you
but it will do

just as long as you stop fighting

can't say that he stole
what was offered up so freely,
this stubborn little soul