Get Bent

I crippled your window pane forcefield

As acid leaked from your brain

And straight to the palm of my hand,

I caught the drips of yellow and red

That left a tattoo stain

But never blended to sunrise orange-

Stuck to themselves out of pain

***

Now you’re making out like I never knew you, like I never left a dent

When I had those words at the ready for you, before I even knew what they meant

Instead of a demon, I thought that you were a savior heaven-sent

In the past I asked you to straighten me out, now I’m asking you to get bent

***

An invasive species in my amygdala

Needs to be weeded out,

Spicy and sweet like ginger

But it covers me in doubt-

Replacing my native memories

With twisting roots of truth

That won’t let other species grow

To lighten up my mood

***

So have fun in your Shelby, keep watching his Roush

And keep on pretending you don’t think “Ouch,

I fucked up something good...”

‘Cause I’m taking my shoes and snuffing the torch

Of the flame I had for you-

I’ve been marked with burns, but I’ll heal the scorch

As you search for someone new

***

And you’ll pretend to love another

Then bleed your hand again-

Showing your cards that you only really loved yourself in the end

And I’ll pretend I never saw my bones outside my skin

When you callously tried to forge a loss out of what I thought was a win

***

I’ve gotten my prescription for a dose of solitude

And I’ll use it to forget-

Our passion, our blood, our lust and our feud

That left me grief-beset

***

So have fun in the nightclub, pretend to like girls

But we both know what I saw

I hope you get flashed with the guilt of the world

Whenever you hear a raven’s caw

***

And you’re still making out like I never knew you, like I never left a dent

When I had an “I love you” at the ready for you, before I even knew what it meant

I truly thought that you would be a savior heaven-sent

In the past I asked you to straighten me out, now I’m asking you to get bent