The Blood & The Bones

I saw you on my birthday.

You didn’t mention it.

But you never miss important dates.

I felt nothing as I looked at you.

Not even disappointment

Maybe just foolish

Maybe I never felt anything to begin with.

Maybe I just got swept up.

How did I fall for it so many times?

Am I that damaged?

I think I was just so desperate to be loved.

And you were so desperate to sell it.

To close the deal on the closed off.

I fell for it like the young ones

So, maybe I also felt shame.

And, it looks like you’ve been running in the same circles.

Breaking the same hearts.

But not this one.

I bought my ticket out of there the last time we spoke.

So, I left you standing there and didn’t waste words.

I didn’t even look back.

And that, to me, is the end.

LL.