I deserve better.
I deserve better than half eaten words,
Casual, passive glances when I enter the room. 
I deserve more.
I deserve more than your lack of love,
Your empty words; the way your eyes look
Away when you utter those words through 
Licked lips. Wetted to prep for the lies. 
I deserve me. 
I deserve me, and no one else. 
Only I can love me like I've never been loved before. 
So here I am. I'm doing just that. 
I never said I needed you,
Just that I loved you. 
No one really means what they say
In the heat of the moment. 
So, I deserve better. *I* am better. 
lmt