her name was sadness

 
your voice was glass and it cut
jagged slices through my self esteem
I hated you then for what you made me feel
for your ugliness and for your truth

I knew what you said was true
down deep I knew
and I cried like an inconsolable child
lost from it's mother's side

I needed you to hide my flaws from me like you once did
my hurt was fully realized
when you could no longer abide in my sin

I was bereft of feeling
forlorn in my thoughts
what would I do without you?

I ache in my soul
your honesty cut me bitterly
but what really haunted me is I loved you, still
I always would

you would be happy again without me
I would not