I once gave her my heart, and she shattered it for the thrill—

Hers a kiss like a dagger and soft hands made to kill.

She smiled while I broke—my fire giving way to freezing chill—

And I sit here alone, the silence she left me could never be still.

She made me a ghost in the life we once shared.

Said I wasn’t enough, as if I’d never cared.

I bled for her love, a love she never bared.

In love I was bold, but to give in return she never dared.

“Let her weep when she sees what she will never claim.

Let her whisper my name in the night and tremble with shame.

Let regret be her chain, let my shadow remain.

Let me be the decision she can never explain.”

I swore I would rise, and I swore she would see

What a fool she became when she passed over me.

She locked me out while I forged this my new key:

All this I never did for her. I only do it for me.