Your eyes were bright
I was young
We held one another tightly as the summer rolled by
The haze went on and left me oblivious
Then you began to fade
Fade into the drugs, the other girls
And the heat of the moment became a chill of the night
You said you didn't mean it and brought me flowers for the bruises
I didn't listen to my friends when they saw the wounds spread
"He said he didn't mean it"
They looked at me and said "Bullshit"
Every day I watched and kept waiting
You were supposed to be the light
But you left me in the dark
YOU ARE READING
Fight Your Demons
PoetryPoetry from an angry boy, too scared to be a man A paper heart and an incarcerated mind Caged words and a broken tongue The words spilt in the night This is the absence of light, the expired fight All the demons come to take him away In hopes he w...
