Taking Back Pain

I can’t think straight,
I’m terrified
Because I just found out
That you lied

Last I saw you
We said our goodbyes
Then turned away
To hide our eyes

Tears welled up
Just then I knew
What, late at night,
You’d always do

I cringed with pain;
I hurt real deep
I tried to cry
But couldn’t weep

Why’d you do it?
I don’t know why
You’d let it affect you
And wish to die

Darkness spreads
Through empty veins
As blood starts running
To soothe your pains

I just can’t stand this
One second more
I waver dizzily
And hit the floor

I feel no pain
Like I thought I would
And, so I realized
That I never could

I feel nothing
But ample weight
Laid upon my soul
By a stroke of fate

I’m numb from you,
I’m not the same
I can speak nothing
But your name

I speak to you
Through just one word
That’s packed with feelings
That you’ve inferred

One word you hear
And through it learn
A story that’s told
With words that burn

So now you know
But it’s too late
For you to help me
Escape this state

I try to reach
Towards your hand
To pull myself
Back onto land

But I am drifting
Into a sea
Of pain, of death,
Of misery

Don’t follow me
It’s not in the plan
The plan to save you
While I still can

I hold your pain
Right next to mine
And once I leave you
You’ll be just fine

I’ll carry your sadness
Away from you
I know in my heart
It’s the best I can do