Restored, Renewed And Unfettered

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I paint straight into the wind

changing the image in my reflection

I've shut myself down again

because my heart needed protection

When I slipped and let you in

you spread a toxified infection

You beg forgiveness from your sins

with vile, venomous intentions

When my heart is on the mend

and I let down all my defenses

That's about when you descend

baring all of your pretenses

You erode my self-esteem pretending

that I was your princess

A wicked scheming friend

and your game, again, commences

You address the envelope

bending the meanings I observed

I was tangled in your rope

of lovely adjectives and verbs

Creating palaces of hope

caught up in your pretty cursive words

Until provoked, your grasp I broke

leaving you buried in the dirt