lonely midnights  

              
the switchblade in your smile was always a warning  
you were armed to slice and eviscerate with nothing but words    
you never were so cruel as you were with your mouth
you zeroed in on my every weakness real or perceived    
   
always on the attack, lest I question you about your mistresses  
the lies in your eyes told me everything I needed to know  
the how and why of it was a mystery to me weren't we enough?  
   
in your mean days, you would set me up for an argument    
and I played into it defending myself
until finally, you would storm out  
   
it was always your intention to leave  
you just wanted me to give you an excuse  
one day I wouldn't argue...you didn't know what to do  
   
so you sat there and retreated into the dark  
I covet your darkness...you wear it like midnights  
nothing touches you in the void, where you are perfectly at home  
   
it's so cold in this perfect isolation I can't reach you    
so I cry alone at the perimeter you've set    
and wait for you to come back to me  
   
now when you attack in anger I can't be hurt  
understanding your brokenness I let you go a cutting  
in the onyx twilight, we are forever alone together  
 
bleeding eternally