where were you

in the corner
of this room
the silhouette
of regret it looms
feelings felt just
fade too soon
reaching for you

and i never knew
just how it felt
to hurt this bad
 deep down i know
your glad & its so sad

this hollow heart
once a work of art
you can’t jumpstart
what is already falling apart

in front of me i couldn’t see
all of the deceit
the heart on my sleeve
blinded me so innocently

sword of deceit unsheathes
gently grazed upon my cheek
before piercing me
in the chest repeatedly

all i do is toss & turn
instead of sleep
because these tainted memories
 just keep haunting me

the way they cast
the stones of regret
can’t contain
the emptiness

hard to explain
just how it felt
a wart a welt
feeling it swell

until everything
that made me myself
started to dispel
visibly now
an empty shell
an unworthy story
that nobody
will ever tell

before i bid
this life adieu
all i’m able to do
is wonder
where were you