As you held me in your arms after our anniversary
Wrapped up in your sheets, black as night
I could tell you weren’t there
And you got up & handed me my
Crumpled clothes, picking them up
From your floor.
You couldn’t see the hurt in my eyes
Or the tears streaming down my face
Running into my hair, which you’d
Caressed just an hour earlier
As you leaned in to kiss me, our first kiss
Of the night, telling me how much you
Loved me and that led up to us
On your bed, clothes in a mess on the
Floor but it all just ended up in
Another nightly heartbreak
And me lying to myself again to
Overcompensate.