The hurt does not end
But sometimes
It goes to sleep
Dormant and numb.
And it’s hard to tell
If it’s good or bad
Because humility is priceless
And pride a curse.
I thought I was smart
And I thought I was cool
Above and beyond
An immortal knight
Of a kingdom without end.
Stabbed through the heart
From the back to the front
It was only then that I could see
What I really was.
Words can injure
And words can scar
Her mouth full of razors
Burning like acid
In my eye.
It made me feel worthless
Useless and dead
That I could be so casually discarded
Over nothing at all.
This world is fake
And man he forgets
Saved and forgiven
Over and over again.
I watched her live
And I watched her forget
Living and laughing
Like I have never lived at all.
Foolishly running
Headlong off a cliff
Giving herself over
Devalued and dumb.
But isn’t that life
And isn’t that the norm
As we all buy what they are selling
Superficial, shallow
Wasted and dumb.
I came to an end
Killed off like a character
In a mediocre soap
A one dimensional prop
Used and forgotten.
I had to think
And I had to ponder
How we could be so smart
And yet so profoundly dumb.
I watch them from afar
And I let them pass me by
Close enough to touch
And yet a million miles away.
Stretching and falling
Squirming and climbing
Pursuing all their ambitions
All for nothing
But dust in a tomb.
I can hear their voices
In tiny snippets of sound
The small talk of fish
Swimming in a tank.
Our mouths opening and closing
And darting here and there
Prisoners in a box
Of four dimensions square.
I still love
And I can even love her
Muted and distant
Like echoes under water.
It all comes around
And so also do I
In or out of water
Equally alive
And painfully aware.
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