The Parting Of The Ways

Reflections on a broken relationship

The Parting of the Ways

We got so close - you got too close
I had to let you go
For there were things about my life
I couldn't let you know...

And though it hurts you more than me
It's best that we should part
Regardless of the wounds
This will inflict upon your heart

Some say that love is all we need
True love is hard to find
But I never really loved you
Just messin' with your mind

For Love is just a game I play
I play it very well
At first, I give you heaven
And then I give you hell

Until you lose yourself in me
So I am in control
I get to feel superior
When I consume your soul

This trick had never let me down
And almost worked on you
But you had figured out the game
And I knew that you knew

So, as the mask began to slip
The frightened child within
Could sense the coming danger
The cruel end begin

I had no other option
“But why?” you may well ask
The sin that you committed
Was to see behind the mask

So take it as a compliment
Since this is how I live
I had to find a giver
And you had so much to give

We got so close – you got too close
I had to let you go
For there were things about my life
I couldn't let you know

Frank D.