Monstrance

The enchantment is broken forever.

the bonds are severed.

now brush away these puppet strings.

no more will i dance to the steady beat of lies.

get this through your head: we are done.

the future in your eyes is washed away in reality's tide.

my blind faith is washed away in reality's tide.

infallibility is washed away in reality's tide.

the ebb and flow that once drew me back has ground me to shore while you're lost at sea.

wave after wave after wave after wave,

the truth finally revealed.

patience worn away.

sympathy worn away.

how long did we drag this out?

i you had let me,

would i have let it go on forever?

how many times did you look me in the eye and lie right to my face?

were you just laughing away the whole time?

or did you just look at me in pity and disgust?

now we have escaped from beneath the shadow of ouroboros.

misery perpetual.

now i've turned my back on emotional wreckage.

now i've paid respects to the corpse of hopeful dreams.

now silence surrounds.

silence can be broken by reminiscence,

by self recriminations.

you were right.

you're not a good person.

and you're not worth my time.

you were right.