Once, when I would do things madly for you...

Once, I would do things madly for you,

I danced with pain, swallowed rage and

denied I was human.

I painted the skies with dreams

of tranquility you could pull down

and still stayed back.

I drowned in your words

even when I knew how shallow

they were.

Lost in your eyes,

in a gaze I knew wasn’t true,

but still I wandered,

lost in the mirage

of a love I could never grasp.

I built castles on sand

that the tides swept away,

clung to promises

like fragile stars in the dawn.

Once, I would do things madly for you,

traded my heart for a fleeting hope,

only to find, in the end,

it was I who was lost,

not you.