There in the eyes of others,
Those who never really understood,
Those who never really see,
How great or how terrible I could ever really be.
It is their perception that ruined the view,
Because now when I look within,
I am no longer with you.

The dreams I had,
Went up in smoke,
What I believed you to be,
Like me, a punchline to an unknown joke.

You broke my heart,
For the world to see,
Created a version and a villain,
Of a world not of any fantasy.

Everything I am,
Everything we could be,
Is all left shattered,
Scattered around me.

What was this game,
This exercise you played,
Sure, people are assholes,
That’s not why I’m afraid.

Even ever after,
My final bow I take,
The chaos you conjured,
A future in which I had no stake,
Be it serpent, Hydra, or snake,
His once clear vision of us,
Is nothing more than opaque.

If the deal is sealed,
When will it be revealed,
The mischief you concealed,
Left me standing in the field.

For the summer has come and gone,
For the masses have they moved on,
Writing of this cadence not singing a song,
Neither here nor there do I belong,

Love in my heart,
Is all that remains,
Even though we stand apart,
The teardrops and blood still stain,
With every word written I find a new start,
No winners, no losers, just over and over,
Again and again.