now we’re washed ashore
and so
everything was too hard to bear
something…
somethIng
must’ve set your demons free
from their cages;
you aren’T the knight
in shining armour
that i once knew
you wRestled a silent battle
that only the hairs
on your skIn
knew about
and still i was thEre
helplessly.
i did everything i coulD
to keep you here
to keep you
with Me.
but for You,
nothing would ever Be enough
i set myself ablazE
juSt to keep your brittle hearT warm
the very fiery passion that drew me
to you.
i tore my garments
and dressed your wound
just to stop your lifeBlood
from bleeding oUt

but Then
i rIpped out my hearT
buried it
in the garden
where
the floWers we plAnted together
and watered everyday
with the dropS of suNshine
from your face
startEd to wither
our loVe had grown cold
your apathy froze evErything over
under the daRk grey clouds
and my tEars fall
like acid raiN
and that way
I hoped that the memOries
would fade away
and die bUt they keep cominG around
gHosts
they keep haunting me

the fire started to consume me
and i grew weak
and collapsed
as the smoke filled my lungs
with my bloodshot, teary eyes
in blurry vision
i saw a silhouette of you
walking away with another.