you bathe in my tears, don't you?
you bottle and drink them
and water your lawn with them
you eat them with your lucky charms

you touch me because
you can feel my heart
still beating your name
and you laugh
as I am curled up
lying on the bed
crying until I'm numb
and you laugh
because you don't feel it
because you don't cry for me
not anymore

and you are still so quick
to tell me you love me
you have always been so quick
with your lies

and I hate myself
because I have wasted
breath and blood and sweat
deep passionate sweat
loving you
who never loved me back

who now just bathes
so happily
in my tears

10/23/2006

Author's Note: and it's my own fault for thinking he might love me enough to comfort me.

Posted on 10/23/2006
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