I watched as you picked yourself up off the ground,
You lost no pride, but there was never any to be found,
You let people drag your way to the top,
But now your carcass is too heavy to drag anywhere,

Brace yourself, feel the panic, feel the drop.
Your beauty has faded away,
Along with your soul (which was never there anyway),
You’ve been taught this lesson a million times,

But you’ve never learnt it.
It seems I’ve been dragging this carcass for years,
Dull and limp it weighed me down,
Even though I wore it as a crown,

But then I deserted you in a river,
And left you alone to drown.
And now I drink the water from the river,
You poisoned it like you poisoned my life,

Infecting everything I do,
But I’m wearing this poison out,
And evaporating you from my life,
But you’re taking away a piece of me,

Like you always did.
The bed we laid in,
Still stinks of your rotting corpse.
The hands I touched you with,

Are still infected with your disease,
And the lips I kissed you with,
I can still taste your poison,
Drowning my every breath.

And now I’ve burnt (most of) your remains.
Every photo; every memory of you.
If I could, I’d deny your existence,

The liar’s truth.
But I shall live,
Even though your memories distort me,
And your very existence still haunts me,

I shall live.
I’ve died a thousand times at your hands.
But no more.
I shall live.