I may walk away and say we’re through
I may say to myself that I’m over you
but I know I’m only lying
smiling on the outside while inside I’m crying
standing tall pretending to be strong
knowing I’m alone and only wanting to belong
now it’s been a while since I first walked away
I long to hear from you but what is there to say
I told you I loved you and I told you goodbye
we didn’t work out but I’ll never know why
I’m better off without you that much I know
I walked away but now where do I go
I look in the mirror trying to recognize who I see
and she’s someone jaded bitter and lonely
I scream at her for pining after someone so wrong
but she knows it’s because you said with you she belonged.

© Crystal S. McDonald.