Save Me
Leave me be. Stop the torture. I've had enough.
Every sleepless night, a part of me slips away. I can't think straight anymore.
I watch you move swiftly around the house. Tense and intimidating. I wait for your acknowledgment but you never notice me.
I always run to you, arms wide open. Excited to hear about your day but you never answer me when I ask.
Don't worry though. I'll wait.
Like I always do.
I look down to the broken frames that held the marriage that wasn't even worth it. You always told me you loved me.
That I was your whole world.
You always made my days worth living. I fell for you.
Worst mistake I ever made.
The day you proposed to me. You know in my favorite restaurant. With all the lilies because you knew I wasn't a rose woman.
It was all a perfect lie but I was the naive fool who walked straight into your trap.
-by Scarlet Prescod-Johnson
© All Rights Reserved
Every sleepless night, a part of me slips away. I can't think straight anymore.
I watch you move swiftly around the house. Tense and intimidating. I wait for your acknowledgment but you never notice me.
I always run to you, arms wide open. Excited to hear about your day but you never answer me when I ask.
Don't worry though. I'll wait.
Like I always do.
I look down to the broken frames that held the marriage that wasn't even worth it. You always told me you loved me.
That I was your whole world.
You always made my days worth living. I fell for you.
Worst mistake I ever made.
The day you proposed to me. You know in my favorite restaurant. With all the lilies because you knew I wasn't a rose woman.
It was all a perfect lie but I was the naive fool who walked straight into your trap.
-by Scarlet Prescod-Johnson
© All Rights Reserved