Beaten Burden

Within my heart
Stings love's bruise
The song of promise
Bellows from your mouth
Yet your heart of stone
Sings a different tune

Each day brings new melodies
This array of harmony
No longer suits my listening
I refuse to carry on this way
So I've decided
To take my life back today

Tonight underneath
A tired moon
I release my connection
To your unwanted affection
A soul full of heat
Burns reality beyond repair
The fire of hate
Lights my feelings for you ablaze

Within the smoke filled darkness
Of these midnight skies
I ask that you look
Deep into these weary eyes
So you can witness
The pain you've created
Let my eyes display the disappointment
And uncertainty that you've inflicted
Then ask yourself
"Was it worth it"

At this very moment
I stand here with tears
Streaming down my face
Yet I know, down the road of life
You will remember this day
You will regret today
And pray to the Lord above
To take your pain away

As hard as it may be
It must be done
For I have learned
You are not the one
I need by my side
So one last time I say
Good bye

I will no longer love the hands of pain
For I now have the strength
To free the shackles you once owned
Now, I have my own mind
Now, I finally have my life back
Finally, I resign the position as your
Beaten burden