Was It All Just a Dirty Lie?

Your words were like stones

Thrown at a scarecrow of a man.

They did not hurt

How could they?

I was already numb.

The hurt occurred a while ago,

No, not really hurt, more like disappointment.

Either way, hurt or not, they bounced off me

Leaving bruises wherever they had been,

So that they could remind me of what just might have been.

Like two roads that intersected

But in a way that never crossed,

You never let me meet you

And I will live with that state of loss.

I gave you all I had,

My heart, my soul and more,

You ate it up, then spat it out,

Always wanting more.

And when I had had enough

Told you I could take it no more,

Suddenly, you wanted me

Like you have never done before.

The damage had been done

There was no more I could give,

I closed the door and walked away.

You turn your back as if to say,

I never loved you anyway

Was It All Just a Dirty Lie?

Till next time,

Calvin