Saturday 2 September 2023

Unpaid and Unslayed

 

It's time to let go.

It's time to forgive.

It's time to move on,

And forget how we lived.

 

That's what they tell me.

 

But I can't.

 

See it's not so easy,

Because you didn't have to pay;

And when I most needed support,

You took it away.

 

I cannot forget,

I cannot forgive,

Because things can never return

To the way we once lived.

 

I get it,

To some degree at least,

But you decided to cower

Instead of fighting the beast.

 

But I did.

And I did it for you.

But all you did was hide,

Lest the eye fall on you.

 

So I'm still angry,

And I don't think that will ever go away,

Because you could have stood with me

And help keep them at bay.

 

But you didn't.

 

So I paid the price

For putting others first.

And now you look to me

To sate your new thirst?

 

Why should I care

That you now see the spiral?

Why should I care

Now that courage has gone viral?

 

I'm angry and pissed.

You left me alone to fend,

When all I ever wanted

Was to feel the support of a friend.