Don’t wake me up when you’re ready to leave
Allow me to sleep
Don’t wake me up to face the troubles of this world
Let me dream
Leave me in the land where I have no cares
No worries to think of
The keys are behind the door
I left them there last night
When we drunk ourselves to the brim
and let ourselves lose
When we felt no shame
And displayed passionate affection
Now the dawn is here
Just the way it drove out dusk
It took away with it happiness
Wrapped in the soiled bedspread of the tears and pain
You ripped me apart
Tore out my every flesh
Opened up my bruised but sealed wounds
of my once broken heart
A heart broken by you
Mended in a night
But shattered by the day
It seems you don’t mind
You’re okay with the life we live
This ain’t never love
Let’s seal it if it is
I can’t help but run back to you
Whenever you call
Like a pup to the whistle
Like a lamb to the slaughter
I’m at your disposal
I always ask, ” what repels you?”
There’s no ring on your finger
Or is there another woman?
You say there isn’t
You’re afraid of commitment
I’m okay with your decisions
But every time I feel you,
Every time you’re in me
You take a piece outta me
But drop it at the door
It hurts to see you let me go
Now more than ever I’m ashamed
Is this what your love is s’pose to feel like?
Now more than ever this feeling to let you go rings louder in my ears
Itches my burning skin
A part of me still longs for you
But how do I love and still feel guilty?
What kind of love comes with pain?
What kind of lust comes with tears?
Be sure to pick up every one of your clothes
Your coat is on the rack
Your T-shirt, I took it off this morning
There’s toast on the table
You can help yourself to it
Today is different
I can’t lift myself out of bed
I can’t stand to see you.
No ‘good morning’ hugs
No ‘I’ll see you when I need you’ kisses
Please quicken your departure
For once you’re gone I’ll have to keep reminding myself of how I’m better than this
How I cannot be treated this way
I’m a woman who needs pure love
I’m a woman who needs to find integrity
I won’t stoop so low any longer
I’m a Woman
And I deserve to be treated as such.